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Waiting for the Sequel

The latest horror movie from Washington -- "The Fiscal Cliff" -- finally came to an exciting end in the early hours of 2013.

Republican Suckers

Republicans had better learn from history -- and from Ronald Reagan's mistake. President Obama and his fellow big-spenders in Congress are promising if they get higher tax rates today they'll make even higher spending cuts tomorrow. It's an old sucker's game. Republicans -- and the rest of the country -- should know it by now, because for three decades we've all been suckers. If history is our guide, and Republicans in Congress don't grow a ...

G.W. was MIA

Democrats have been blaming George W. Bush for the last four years. Now I think it's time for Republicans to start blaming George W. for the next four years. For a week we've been pinning last week's debacle on everything from Mitt Romney's moderation to low Republican turnout. But the most important Republican who didn't turn out to support Romney this fall was George W. Bush. You can make an honest argument that G.W. was ...

GOP Turns Sure Victory into Defeat

Wait until next year -- 2016, that is. That's what disappointed Republican spinners kept saying Tuesday night as they watched Mitt Romney's hopes crash and burn in swing state after swing state. How many times did I hear a Republican talk about how their party's deep bench of future all-stars will return it to power in Washington in four years? But all the Ryans, Rubios, Bushes, Haleys and Christies in America can't put the GOP ...

A Tale of Two Presidents

This is the story of two very different American presidents and how they each answered their emergency Libyan phone calls.

The Me-Me President

During Monday night's debate nearly 60 million of us got a good look at why Barack Obama has not been able to accomplish anything in four years.

Choose Success

Everybody talks about the middle class being hurt in the Obama economy, but it's really the working poor who are getting crushed.

Romney Can Close the Deal

Those were my cheers you heard coming from the Left Coast last Wednesday night. I watched the Romney-Obama debate at my home in L.A., where I could hear the gasps and sobs of the creative community get louder and louder as Mitt came out swinging and never let up. That wasn't a debate. It was "The Great Debacle" -- and everyone who watched it for three minutes knew Kid Romney was winning every round on ...

GOP ‘Gong Show’ has got to stop

Gong, Gong, Gong! I don't know about you, but watching the Republican primary season is making me feel like a judge on the "The Gong Show." I watched or listened to all three candidates after Tuesday night's Illinois primary. I'm still crying. If Mitt, Newt and Rick had given those uninspiring speeches on Chuck Barris' twisted 1970s amateur talent show, the celebrity panelists would have gang-gonged them in 30 seconds. The speeches Romney, Santorum ...

We should be 'right' and apologize

Stop asking who's up for Veep

Whitney’s death should be a lesson

Another tremendously talented American who had riches and fame beyond most people's dreams has killed herself with drugs.

This should be considered abuse

In his new book, "Suicide of a Superpower," Pat Buchanan writes that the politics of race, culture and tribalism will be the largest problem civilization will face.

Pull together or pull apart

There's an old curse that begs, "O that mine enemy would write a book." That's a desire getting a big play in the debates between Mitt Romney and Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who are both trashing my Dad Ronald Reagan's so-called "11th Commandment," that Republicans must refrain from attacking each other in public. Like just about everybody else I'm being wearied by both Mitt Romney and Rick Perry citing passages from each other's books to ...

At least Ryan has a real plan

There is a struggle now being waged in Washington, the outcome of which will determine whether the nation's economy will grow or continue to falter.