Month: January 2016

I don’t really remember the last time a candidate had as good a day in polling as Sanders had today BEFORE Iowa. Iowa Sanders +5 (Quin) Clinton +6 (PPP) NH Sanders +14 (monmouth) National Clinton 47, Sanders 41 (NYT) These...

I’m not qualified to second guess the considered judgment of constitutional scholars about the original meaning of the term “natural born citizen.” I think it may well be the case that anyone who was not born...

You know the saying, “he never gave it a second thought”? Yeah, the implication is usually that “he” ought to have taken a second to think about the consequences. It’s actually a part of human...

Joe Biden has had more than his fair share of personal tragedy in his life, none more traumatic than the loss of his wife and baby daughter and severe injury of his two sons when they were struck by a tractor-trailer while...

I worked over the weekend to complete the digital version of our January/February issue of the magazine. Our cover article is a fascinating piece by Phil Keisling who served as Oregon secretary of state from 1991 to 1999 and is...