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It's time to retire Jules Witcover, whose commentary does nothing but rehash what we already know.

The death of John McCain at 81 leaves a huge void in the ranks of truth-tellers in politics, says Jules Witcover.

If John McCain was no hero, as Donald Trump claimed, then the word has no meaning, says Leonard Pitts Jr.

Partisan identity is now stronger and more meaningful for many Americans than race, ethnicity or religious denomination — and is viewed as a more legitimate justification for discrimination, says Jonah Goldberg.

Sean Hannity didn’t hesitate to tell viewers that the FBI raid on Michael Cohen’s office was a disgrace, but he sure wasn’t forthcoming about his own relationship with the lawyer.

By David Zurawik

Apr 17, 2018

What's the worst part about horrific, murderous violence in America? Aside from the obvious, it's the media criticism, says Jonah Goldberg.

The shooting of Republican Majority Whip Steve Scalise and four other people at a baseball practice by a shooter who asked what party the players belonged to demonstrates that at a time of pitched political partisanship, words have consequences.

The airwaves are flooded this week with retrospectives on President Obama's eight years in office and worried talk about where we are headed in the next four

By David Zurawik

Jan 16, 2017

Donald Trump might think he's playing it safe and smart by doing interviews only on Fox and mainly with Sean Hannity. But it blew up on Sarah Palin in 2008.

By David Zurawik

Oct 3, 2016

Today, delegates to the upcoming convention face a vote of even greater impact than the one I faced in 2008: to potentially make Donald Trump the Republican presidential nominee. I urge them to do everything in their power to prevent that catastrophe.

One of the leading candidates for the Republican Party's nominee for President of the United States, the man who wants to be Commander in Chief of the U.S. military, Donald Trump, once summarized his toughness by stating, "I can deal with anyone." Well, perhaps not everyone. It seems that Trump is afraid of strong, confident women, and Fox News host, Megyn Kelly, in particular.

David Horsey: For many voters on the right, being conservative is more about fear than political philosophy.

The notion that the Sarah Palin "get" is a kind of coup for Mr. Trump and a setback for Mr. Cruz only underscores the pathetic depths to which this campaign has sunk, with the election year only barely begun. Will Mr. Cruz now even the score by bagging the endorsement of Dan Quayle, who at least was a real vice president for four years?

By Jules Witcover

Jan 25, 2016

The week that was on the presidential campaign trail, plus winter comfort food recipes and a book about cheddar cheese.

By Dan Rodricks

Jan 22, 2016

If you have to take an admissions test to go to college and a driver's test to get a license, why is it that you can run for president of the United States and leader of the free world without any qualifying measures? The stakes are too high and the American people deserve better.

Tuesday night's GOP debate hosted by the Fox Business channel was about 2 million times more responsible and substantive than its predecessor on CNBC.

By David Zurawik

Nov 10, 2015

Trump's ratings muscle, Twitter attack capability form a potent combination to intimidate networks, cable channels

By David Zurawik

Aug 14, 2015

Billionaire, GOP presidential candidate walks all over journalists

By David Zurawik

Jul 26, 2015

There's a widespread assumption that racial, ethnic and sexual authenticity is bound up in support for liberal policies. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has one of the most poignant life stories of any African-American in public life, but he's routinely belittled as a sellout because he's conservative. Ben Carson, a child of an illiterate single mom in inner-city Detroit who became a world-renowned brain surgeon, has also gotten the "Uncle Tom" treatment.

The GOP has a new diva: Joni Ernst, the just-elected United State senator from the cornfields of Iowa.

The latest disclosures of Secret Service breakdowns in the agency's prime mission, the physical protection of the president, are grim reminders of a most disturbing particularly American malady — the assassination of the nation's political leaders.

GOP House lawmakers are so eager to hurt the president they are willing to shoot themselves in the foot

"Crazy" keeps popping up in in the GOP.

Over-the-top outrage over Attorney General Holder's mild suggestion of a racial 'animus' behind criticisms of him and President Obama proves his point

Howard County's newest district is also one of its more interesting state-level races.

While undoubtedly benefiting from Fallon¿s strong ratings lead-in, Meyers has on his own taken control of the late-late time period with a show that is smart, funny, topical and politically engaged. Meyers is the smartest guy to sit behind a desk on late-night TV since Dick Cavett or Jack Paar.

The latest mass murder in California is leading to more jumping to preposterous conclusions about who's to blame.

Media should criticize lying Democrats the way they've gone after Karl Rove for his remarks about Hillary Clinton

Why is Martin O'Malley running for the democratic presidential nomination when everyone on the planet knows it belongs to Hillary Clinton?

What makes the tea party movement so effective at mobilizing voters and winning elections is the same thing that may limit its effectiveness in the future: its decentralized nature. The tea party movement is politics guerrilla-style.

Poll showing Carson at top in Republican field is a reminder of failed candidates past

Channel, anchor had no other choice after such hateful speech

If you don't know by now about the truly sick comments MSNBC host Martin Bashir made about Sarah Palin, you need to see this video.

Sarah Palin wouldn't still be around if she were frumpy.

Obamacare fiasco proves that Sarah Palin knows her stuff

Did she really say that?