What was it about Lady Gaga, Bernie Sanders, and Katy Perry that made such a difference last week? …

We’ve almost made it. Four awful years with President Trump whittled down to barely three remaining days. Here are some of the people I won’t miss: De facto advisors like the MyPillow guy and the Fox and Friends team. Pseudo-lawyers like Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell. Nepotistic heirs, you know…

How will Republican lawmakers censure Donald Trump for his incendiary role in Wednesday’s attack on the US Capitol? Will they encourage the use of the 25th Amendment? Pressure him to resign? Support impeachment? So far, as the Washington Post reported yesterday, “Republicans [are] largely silent about [the] consequences of [the]…

Three days from now, on Wednesday, January 6, the United States Congress will meet to certify the winner of the 2020 presidential race. President-elect Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in November by over 7 million votes in the popular election and by 74 votes in the Electoral College. The Trump…

Twas the night before Christmas, and all was quite tense, Not a creature was stirring, not even Mike Pence; The ballots were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that a recount soon would be there; Don’s children were falling asleep in their beds; While visions of “Four More Years” danced in their heads…

A top story in today’s Washington Post, “Biden’s Obama-era Cabinet picks frustrate liberals, civil rights leaders,” summarizes my feelings about the nomination process so far. As journalists Seung Min Kim and Annie Linskey point out, Biden has selected seven women and nine people of color for 14 Cabinet posts, but…

When President-elect Joe Biden announced his choice to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) last Monday, many pundits claimed that Republican senators would sink Neera Tanden’s confirmation. Hers would be the sacrificial nomination that Republicans could comfortably thwart. She’s “unfit to be confirmed by the U.S. …

Something light for a change. . . the Bidens are getting a cat. We’ve already learned about their two German shepherds Champ and Major, delighting those of us who love animals. …

As the results of the presidential election became clear earlier this month, I knew that our president would seek to create chaos, but I never imagined that ordinary citizens would save us. I thought that at least some Republican legislators, other than Mitt Romney, would object to these destructive attempts…