In A.D. 68, the Roman Senate declared Emperor Nero hostis publicus, or a public enemy. People scraped Nero’s name off monuments, repainted his portraits into the likeness of others and otherwise attempted to delete him from history. We have more documentation of Jesus of Nazareth closer in ...

Getting words right can clear up a lot of confusion about politics and public policy. Example: “Segregate” is a verb that requires a subject. “Segregate” is not an impersonal verb, nor is “segregation” a mere accidental result of unrelated outside processes. One segregates by ...

When he ran for president a second time in 1968 on the American Independent Party ticket, Alabama Gov, George Wallace said, “There’s not a dime’s worth of difference between the Democrat and Republican parties.” Granted that Wallace, who had been a Democrat, was attempting to attract ...

A viral video that caused outrage a few years ago had Donald Trump body-slamming the cable network CNN personified as a professional wrestler. This “MAGA” fantasy was all but made a reality at a CNN townhall with the former president in New Hampshire. Trump steamrolled the moderator ...

Progressive Democrats see Sen. Joe Manchin III as a buzzard on a branch, feasting on their agenda as on carrion. Republicans see the West Virginian as the most vulnerable Senate Democrat next year. More disinterested observers consider him an unusually senatorial senator — and someone who ...

Last week, former President Donald Trump appeared on a CNN town hall. That day, he trumpeted the upcoming event on his social media platforms. “I’ll be doing CNN tonight live from the great state of New Hampshire because CNN is rightfully desperate to get those Trump ratings back,” Trump ...