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Bernie Sanders and the risk of being soft on guns
Unbeknownst to his liberal fans, Bernie Sanders is notoriously soft on guns — and that could hurt him badly in the left-leaning Democra ...
10 years ago
The scandalous suppression of gun violence research
In the midst of President Obama’s denunciation of gun violence — if you’ve lost track, the latest massacre was on Friday ...
10 years ago
The sheriff and the shootings: An American parable
With respect to the latest bloodbath — the Oregon shootings will soon be supplanted by another — there’s virtually nothing to s ...
10 years ago
Hillary, Benghazi, and accidental candor
Hey, did I call it correctly, or what! Sixteen months ago, when the House Republicans created their special select committee to investiga ...
10 years ago
Two big reasons why the Planned Parenthood persecution is a farce
What a howl it was yesterday when a phalanx of House Republicans staged a ...
10 years ago
Trump’s ‘serious’ tax plan coddles the rich and jacks up the deficit
By the time you finish parsing Donald Trump’s newly released tax plan — assuming that you’re jonesing to do so — you migh ...
10 years ago
Boehner bids goodbye to the worsening Republican madness
John Boehner seemed almost as joyous yesterday as the pope’s pilgrims. With retirement just a month away, the self-liberating House ...
10 years ago
‘No free stuff!’: Jeb recycles Mitt
Jeb Bush opened his mouth yesterday, and Mitt Romney’s tin-eared message fell out. These rich entitled Republicans just never learn ...
10 years ago
Pope to Congress: Try to behave yourselves
Here’s my slam-dunk prediction: Washington will fail to heed Pope Francis’ earnest plea for a political detente. Every ...
10 years ago
Hillary on drug prices: An issue voters actually care about
Seriously, which issue does the average voter care about more: Hillary Clinton’s email server, or the price hikes on prescription d ...
10 years ago
Dead Man Walker and his urgent plea to the GOP
Nine weeks ago, when alleged conservative wunderkind Scott Walker was riding high, I rightly dismissed him as “a clueless newbie un ...
10 years ago
Republicans denounce the ‘Obama is a Muslim’ rumor? Gimme a break
At last count, five Republican candidates have taken the high road to rebuke Donald Trump. They think it’s just awful that Trump fa ...
10 years ago