Appearing on MSNBC on Thursday, former Republican political consultant Steve Schmidt, one of McCain's key advisers in 2012, called for the... Read More

The last time the United States had a trade war was in 1930, and it exacerbated the Great Depression. Now Donald Trump, following the... Read More

In less than two years, the federal government will embark on a time-honored, decennial ritual: the U.S. census. One could be forgiven by... Read More

Even without the Republican tax cuts, United States banks would have made $49.4 billion in the first three months of 2018 alone. But... Read More

As I compose this, a miracle is happening around me. I am flying back to Missouri after a week in my native Pacific Northwest. This is a... Read More

Senator Marco Rubio just made a small bit of history: He became the first of his party to put forward a national paid family leave... Read More

Imagine what would happen if car mechanics got to decide the extent of car insurance coverage. They would immediately expand customers'... Read More

What may be the biggest political revolution in decades is happening right under our noses.Enfranchisement (or re-enfranchisement) is on the... Read More

The American economic expansion is finally accomplishing one of the country's most needed social improvements: getting the long-term... Read More

Inspectors general are popular with Congress right now. Conventional wisdom now seems to be: Let's get the IG to look into it. I welcome the... Read More

President Donald Trump is out on the hustings telling voters he is accomplishing great things. The economy is growing faster and creating... Read More

When all is said and done, President Trump's trade war may be fated to fail. There are many reasons. One is that the target countries —... Read More

When Donald Trump tweeted on August 5th that tariffs were working “big time”, American media sprang into action to test the... Read More

Judge Kavanaugh is one of the most qualified individuals to ever be nominated to the Supreme Court. He has demonstrated integrity and... Read More

In June 2016, Marco Rubio changed his mind and announced that he would not be retiring from the Senate as he had planned. A major reason he... Read More

For decades, U.S. media companies have limited the content they've offered based on what's good for business. The decisions by Apple,... Read More

The United States' decision to establish a new military service to oversee American operations in space reflects a growing concern in... Read More

The social justice left and the reactionary right have never been at each other's throats more viciously than today. Antifa warriors and... Read More

Working a Saturday shift in the stuffy Immigration and Naturalization Service office in downtown Los Angeles in the 1970s, Carl Shusterman... Read More

The internet is undoubtedly the most important invention of the last several decades. And no country has been better at commercializing the... Read More

Later this year, on the midterm ballot, voters in Los Angeles, California, will be askedan uncommon question: Should the city be to... Read More

Last weekend, 66 people were shot in Chicago, twelve fatally. This slaughter wasn't carried out by the army or police but by civilians. The... Read More

Some people think of the new automated economy in terrifying and mechanical terms. In such a vision, machines reign supreme as they work... Read More

In the race to grow their economies and create new jobs, localities frequently look far beyond their borders. Too often, they try to lure new... Read More