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E.J. Dionne's work has had a consistent theme over three decades: We deserve better than the un-serious politics we get. In his masterful 1991 book "Why Americans Hate Politics," Dionne argued that "there are more ideas that unite us than divide us,...

Last September 2, Don Phillips sat down at his desk at the Mandalay banquet hall along the interstate just south of Dayton, Ohio, and composed an angry letter to the congressman from the adjoining district, the highest-ranking elected Republican in the...

By Douglas V. Gibbs Author, Speaker, Instructor, Radio Host Rather than spend time defending himself against the attacks being launched by the Hillary Clinton campaign, today in Pennsylvania Trump hammered the issues, especially health care.  As the...

27 Million Potential Hispanic Votes. But What Will They Really Add Up To? By MARCELA VALDES For decades, political analysts have heralded the Latino vote as a “sleeping giant” that will solidify Democrats’ hold on power. But in cycle after cycle, turnout...

Donald Trump easily outpaced John Kasich on the way to the Republican presidential nomination, and the two men continued to feud bitterly as Trump celebrated his victory at the Republican convention, awkwardly held in the state where Kasich is governor...