Politics

The world sees all of this and laments the continuing decline of the once-great superpower that won the Cold War. And they wonder whether, after decades of deepening partisan dysfunction and decline, America will be able to reclaim its leadership role.

Here's today's predictable nightmare when legislation imprisoned the Special Prosecution role under the Dept. of Justice. Or more accurately, in Trumpian times the slavish Dept. of Injustice and Coverup.

A corporate-backed lobbying group is pushing a slate of amendments to transfer power from people to big business.

The enduring Progressive Era was astonishingly successful, presaging benefits of a Second Progressive Era: resolve widespread broken systems without violent civil insurgency.

While he slighted foreign policy during his State of the Union speech, President Obama has avoided new conventional wars. Here are a few other foreign policy highlights worth underlining.

Trump is continuing this charade because it pulls money into his newly formed political action committee and allows him to assume the mantle of presumed presidential candidate for 2024.

"This is the Panama Papers on steroids."

A memo by a top aide to the independent senator from Vermont said that the 80-year-old could run again if President Joe Biden doesn't.

Azar is a catastrophically bad choice for the government’s top health care job.

Ultimately, hard times, polarity, and refusal to be a serious candidate informed Trump as Lord of Misrule.