Gagging Grenell was a bad play for the Romney team because it guaranteed the issue wouldn't go away. The only way to dispel concerns about the man's fitness for the job was to let him do his job. Muzzling him until he resigned was the worst possible way to handle it because all it did was feed crocodiles like Fischer.

You know who I blame for the terrible tone in American politics? Tom Brokaw.

The House Democrats who cast the key votes that made ObamaCare law are not doing very well, suggesting that casting a decisive vote for ObamaCare tends to be a career-ender.

The Supreme Court should uphold the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance.

Most textbooks about politics try hard to cover the facts without seeking to persuade students to support or oppose any particular public policy

The politics of hope and change have been replaced by the politics of fear and intimidation.

Recent use of Motions to Recommit by House Republicans demonstrates that this tool has become a way for the minority party to practice politics rather than raise legitimate policy differences.

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's swing vote boosts the Supreme Court's influence--and her own.