The Supreme Court gave Trump a permission slip for mass deportation
We don’t always recognize the hinge points of history when we live through them.
Michael Steele
Republicans have to decide if they stand with DOGE’s death and destruction
Republicans in Congress will soon face a vote on whether they stand by Elon Musk and the Trump administration’s unlawful...
The Big Beautiful Bill is a debate over the future of the GOP
President Donald Trump's spending bill is a chance for traditional conservatives to show their resolve or cave to a cult...
I studied at Pope Leo’s seminary. Here’s what it tells us about his papacy.
Pope Leo XIV is not just the first American pope, he’s the first Augustinian one.
The children’s book that explains the Trump White House
The children’s book “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" offers a lesson about capitulation, newly relevant as Trump bent...
Republicans are sleepwalking into a midterm disaster. Wisconsin should be a wake-up call.
The results of a state Supreme Court race in Wisconsin should be a wake-up call for Republicans about the unpopularity...
Dear Chuck Schumer, the ‘old’ Republican Party is never coming back
Sen. Chuck Schumer became the latest Democrat to say that he thinks the old Republican Party will come back one...
I coined a phrase Trump keeps using. He doesn’t understand it.
President Donald Trump used a phrase I coined in 2008 in his joint address to Congress, but he clearly doesn't...
Trump is abandoning Ukraine — and the GOP’s strength on foreign policy
President Donald Trump's apparent abandonment of Ukraine in its hour of need is turning its back on Republican's proud history...
There’s no one but us to save the country from Trump and Musk
As Elon Musk charges ahead with his hostile takeover of the federal government, those of us concerned about American democracy...