Former Missouri state senator Jeff Smith spent 10 months in federal prison in Kentucky for lying to the FBI about a campaign finance law violation in 2004 when he ran for Congress. Now a professor at The New School, Jeff returned to my show to talk about the book about his experiences, “Mr. Smith Goes […]
Because we’re approaching another presidential election, there’s been a lot of talk about illegal immigration — but far too much of what you’re hearing is simply wrong, even (or especially) when it comes out of the mouth of presidential candidates. What they don’t tell you is that net immigration to the US from Mexico isn’t […]
For years, I have been talking about how Saudi Arabia — not Iran — remains the biggest threat in the Middle East. With King Salman visiting the White House today (and taking over the entire Four Seasons hotel in DC), this Thomas L. Friedman column hits many of the same points I’ve made: If you think Iran […]
Because the GOP is having its first big debate tonight, every media outlet keeps reporting that Donald Trump is ahead in every poll. What they don’t say is that, because voters aren’t paying attention yet (and won’t until the new year begins, at the earliest), presidential campaign polls at this point are not a valid […]
Here’s my conversation with Josh Kraushaar, politics editor at National Journal about whether Joe Biden will enter the presidential race. I asked Josh what differentiates Biden from his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, how he can catch up to her in the campaign finance race, and how his results could be different from his two previous […]
If your doctor diagnosed you with cancer, you’d be devastated. But you’d be doubly devastated when you found out how much cancer drugs cost — over $100,000/year! That’s why 118 of the nation’s leading cancer experts have proposed ideas that would reduce those costs. One of them, Dr. Victor Rajkumar, joined me to spell out […]