Mishandling Mayhem
Yesterday brought yet another mass shooting, this time in a small town in Texas. The killer — whose name I won’t mention — had been kicked out of the military after he beat up his wife and child. But that sort of offense is not enough to keep you from being turned...
As I Tweeted
I'm no expert on politics, but I think the new Hillary Clinton revelations could hurt her chances of becoming president last year.
Seth Explains It
My brother Seth (former Deputy Secretary of Labor) made the media rounds yesterday to talk about congressional Republicans' plans to cut the maximum 401k contributions from $18,000 to $2,400 a year -- which will impact a lot of middle class Americans -- and his...
Bob Schieffer, “Overload”
Here's my conversation with Bob Schieffer, longtime CBS news anchor/reporter/analyst, about his new book, "Overload: Finding The Truth In Today's Deluge Of News." Among the questions I asked him: Is our current situation proof that more information doesn’t equal...
It Doesn’t Matter If They Boo
Trump made a big deal out of the people in the stands at this weekend's NFL games who booed the players who kneeled during the anthem -- because in Trump's world of narcissism, public opinion is the only thing that matters. Unless it's against Trump, of course. Then...
Regression Exemplified
If you think Trump hasn't done much to damage America because he has failed to get any major legislation through Congress, take a look at this list of rules and policies he has undone by executive order or changes ordered by his various executive branch agencies (as...
I’m Just Saying
Considering how much Trump likes to put down people he considers "losers," I'd think he'd be happy to see Confederate statues being torn down. After all, the Confederacy lost the Civil War over 150 years ago -- and I guarantee that if they'd won, there wouldn't be any...
Duck And Cover, Guam!
I don't know anyone who is Guamanian. In fact, I just learned that's what people from Guam are called (as opposed to Guamite, which sounds like their version of a salty yeast spread). But I'm surprised that their summer weather is just like ours in St. Louis -- hot...