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We have rounded the final turn and are now in full gallop down the homestretch.

Breaking news!

Hillary Clinton warned us all, almost exactly ten years ago to the day.

I've been dreading writing this article and have been putting it off for weeks (because it truly is such a distasteful and depressing subject to even contemplate), but today Reuters essentially wrote the article for me, so I can just summarize their findi…

With three weeks to go before Election Day, Republicans are in retreat while Democrats continue to expand their map.

First off, I'd like to wish everyone a happy Leif Erikson Day!

Far from making America "great" again, Donald Trump has instead made America (and himself) a worldwide laughingstock.

While most of the attention in this year's midterms has been on Senate and House races, there is another important contest that I'll also be watching Election Day.

I return to an old advertising adage for the title of today's article.

I am beginning to feel something that I haven't felt for a long time in politics: optimism.

War is changing.

Let's begin this week with a stunner of a statement -- one that you might not have noticed in the news: Donald Trump apparently now wants to sell weapons to China.

So the Senate has left Washington, to head out on the campaign trail for the rest of this month.

Donald Trump is being forced to face a rather brutal political reality.

Since we're now only five weeks away from the midterm congressional elections, it's time once again to take a quick look at all the competitive Senate races.

Last week, Iran offered Donald Trump an offramp.

Donald Trump just hosted the leader of China on a state visit, and in the end it turned out to be a total flop.

When the American economy sours, voters react.

That headline, while meant to be amusing, is contemplating a rather broad definition of the historical political metaphor.

Donald Trump just signed a new "deal" (or maybe: a "new" deal) with Denmark and Greenland.

The 2026 midterm elections are going to answer several open political questions, for the next few years at least.

This week, Donald Trump addressed the fears many are having over artificial intelligence by sending out a message: "The only control or 'guardrails' that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!)

Today was another day where I just had too much to do in real life to devote the time to writing a new column, so I will begin with my apology for the interruption in service.

This week, the Supreme Court actually did the right thing.

There is no better example of the maxim "Everything Trump touches dies" (or just "ETTD") than the ongoing saga of the once-proud John F.

Did this year's "October surprise" happen early?

We're going to begin today with a record-setting number.

In all honesty, that title is (to be charitable) an exaggeration.

The Republican midterm party convention (or "Trump-a-Palooza" as most people are now calling it) has reportedly now gotten underway in Texas.

Once again, a primary election is taking place today.

First of all, happy Labor Day to all!

America just broke a record today, but it's not one to be proud of.

Is 2026 shaping up to be the data center election?

Donald Trump sees himself as a guy with a unique ability to stage epic events.

Whenever pundits try to form an all-inclusive storyline for what is currently happening in the world of politics, they usually are forced to ignore situations that cut against the grain.

At this point, you have to kind of wonder... is Donald Trump trying to lose the midterms?

Here we go again.

In the ongoing legal battle over the John F.

There was some amusement in the headlines today, after the announcement that there will not just be one but actually two Dan Sullivans on the general election ballot in the Senate race in Alaska.

It's Tuesday, so yet again it is primary day, but this week doesn't have any really exciting races on the Democratic side so I thought it was time to take an overview of how the Senate races are going in all the other states.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made an announcement today, unveiling increased sanctions on Iran and also (possibly -- there were few actual details given) on countries which still do business with Iran.

Much is being made over the ideological struggle happening within the Democratic Party, with some likening it to a "Democratic Tea Party," or even a civil war among Democrats.

My apologies, but today was yet another day where I had so many things to get done in real life that I didn't have time to write a new column.

Progressives just scored a truly shocking victory in last night's Florida primary election, as state lawmaker Angie Nixon defeated Alex Vindman in the Democratic nomination race for a Senate seat, by a whopping 12 points.

Yesterday was supposed to be a big deadline.

Many curmudgeonly older people long for the past.

So doubtlessly you've heard the story -- which has gotten heavy coverage in the political press all week long, of course -- of the very progressive Democrat who not only won the primary for an open Senate seat but also impressively outperformed polling ex…

I have to begin by pointing out that, technically, that headline should be in quote marks, since it is a direct quotation (from the guy who inadvertently started the whole thing).

Another bundle of primary elections happened last night, and this morning all the political news was focused on what turned out to be the closest race of the evening: an upset victory in the governor's race among Democrats in Wisconsin.

I will warn everyone up front today that I am veering off from politics to comment on something entirely unrelated.