Political theater extends back to the Greeks. William Shakespeare wrote about politics in "Coriolanus" and other plays. A personal favorite of mine was "Fiorello!", a 1959 musical about New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia. What happened in Newark last week was political theater at its ...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney aced the Oval Office Exam during his sit-down with President Donald Trump Monday. Washington's relations with Ottawa have been testy of late. During the 2024 campaign, Trump delighted his die-hard base to no end with his talk about making Canada America's ...

Hard to believe, but President Donald Trump seemed to be just making it up this past week, selling Americans the line that the bad economic news was, in fact, good economic news. Ever the real estate salesman and historically practiced at the art of con-artistry, he claimed that the collapse of ...

“The name of Napoleon,” said the French emperor Napoleon III, “is a program in itself.” The same is true of Alcatraz, or as President Trump put it in a Truth Social post announcing his intention to re-open the prison in San Francisco Bay, “ALCATRAZ.” In his post, Trump declared, ...

President Donald Trump’s 2026 “skinny budget” is out, and at first glance it gives small-government advocates reason to cheer. It proposes deep cuts to domestic agencies, calls for eliminating redundant programs and gestures toward reviving federalism by shifting power and responsibility ...

Scene: walking in Washington at dusk, looking around an old market neighborhood made new again. I’m coming from a book talk, searching the lively sidewalks for the Metro station. A guy sees my shop bag and asks what book I’m reading. I show him: “Uncharted: How Trump Beat Biden, Harris ...