Let us never fear to negotiate.

But let us never be entirely stupid about it.

We simply must make one small demand before President Trump meets with North Korea.

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An economic theory from 1833 is now a nightmare for many in North Carolina.

It is a warning for conservatives today.

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One President faced a hostile audience and emerged a winner.

The other faced friends and turned them to opponents.

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The Trump administration prepares the latest trade scam.

It's a neat trick.

Count all imports, but not all exports.

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A Commander-in-Chief who can send people into harms way should know that life is to be valued.

Will we elect a President who values life?

One secret answer is hidden between the pages of their Foundation papers.

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I don't yet know much about Senator Tim Kaine.
I'm told Hillary Clinton's choice for vice President is less progressive than Elizabeth Warren or Bernie Sanders.
Less progressive than am I.

For most of us the ideological spectrum is only some dot on a chart.
We seek leaders who transcend that spectrum.
Most of us don't look for a position on an ideological yardstick.
We look for leadership and issues and accomplishments.

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Maine's naloxone controversy is a portend. The governor's veto is completely consistent with the emerging Republican ethic.

The Party of Abraham Lincoln sleeps in the Republican past.

The Party of Paul LePage is the vital Republican future.

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The conservative political faith of Governor Rick Snyder became more important to those in charge than any other consideration.

Ideology became more important than facts, evidence, or those affected.

People were sacrificed.

People died.

It hasn't stopped.

The Republican definition of religious freedom recently became the freedom of an employer to decide whether employees could get birth control as part of their insurance package.

Then freedom of religion transmuted into the right of an employer to order an insurance company not to provide birth control on its own.

Now freedom of religion has mutated into the right of any boss to require workers to report to management, and ask permission, if they want to go to their local pharmacy on their own time and pay for birth control themselves.

The Republican vote was unanimous.

Republicans have refused to reveal the details of their budget plans.

They have learned from past experience how media analysts will focus on Social Security and medicare cuts.

But Tom Price, who heads the Budget committee, let his guard down a little at a recent conservative conclave.

He used the usual audience tested euphemisms, but the direction Republicans in Congress are taking was clear.

Get ready for a bumpy ride.

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