News broke recently that former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of metastatic prostate cancer. The disease, which has now spread to his bones, is life-threatening and deeply serious. Let me say this clearly: Whether you love him or hate him, whether you voted ...

The old professor in me thinks the best way to convey to you how utterly awful the so-called "one big beautiful bill" passed by the House last week actually is would be to give you this short 10-question exam. (Answers are in parentheses, but first try to answer without looking at them.) 1. ...

As the Senate takes up the "One Big Beautiful Bill" (Donald Trump's name for it) passed by the House last week, there's finally some discussion of the national debt. That's because the bill is estimated to add $3.8 trillion over the next decade to the current debt: $37 trillion, or more than ...

While contemplating the horror of two young and soon to be engaged Israeli Embassy employees who were gunned down by a man shouting "free Palestine" and "I did it for Gaza," outside the Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., last week, I recalled the opening line to a song from the old off-Broadway ...

She did not even know what habeas corpus is. It should come as no surprise, judging from her actions. At a hearing, she was asked by Sen. Maggie Hassan, a New Hampshire Democrat: Senator Hassan: "Secretary Noem, what is habeas corpus?" Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem: "Well, ...

Donald Trump may not know due process from "101 Dalmatians," but he knows get-rich-quick schemes, and he wasted little time after taking office before making a beeline for the world's most reliable generator of cash for the Trump family: the Mideast. His trip to the Gulf last week could hardly ...