President-elect Trump — and that’s a phrase I never thought I’d write — met Thursday with President Barack Obama at the White House for the very first time. It was a largely symbolic event designed to reassure the world that a peaceful transfer of power is still possible in America even when the outgoing and incoming presidents hate each other’s guts. So far both men have done an excellent job masking their true feelings since that momentous moment...
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Mild-mannered and always polite National Public Radio has finally raised the white flag of surrender. Like nearly every other public forum on the web, NPR’s site had become populated ...
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It’s how Trump’s reign of terror all began—with Fox News’s built-in laugh track.
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Another broken political promise. I promised myself I wouldn’t say one word about the political conventions, and here I go writing about them. But I have no choice. Really....
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Late last week the coolest of American presidents lost his cool. The Big Orange Thing finally got under President Obama’s skin. For 40 continuous minutes Barack Obama unloaded on...
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