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Postmortem 2026

Where to start? There are plenty of lessons to be learned from this week's slaughter of the Republican Party. Here goes: 1. It's the economy, stupid. How many times do we have to see this movie? The inflation caused by COVID-19 spending plus Biden-era policies has created real economic ...

Democrats won. More importantly, democracy won

Stop the talk about a triumphal arch at the gates of Arlington Cemetery. Stop bullying the Kennedy Center into putting the Trump name on its front. Stop obsessing over the Reflecting Pool. Stop cutting down trees at a public golf course in Washington to make a championship course. These ...

Bipartisan energy affordability opportunity during lame duck

American voters have spoken. And in our 250th anniversary year, it's encouraging to know that our Constitutional order has survived another election. Yes, we finalize our political battles in the private voting booth. It appears yet again that the majority of American voters prefer a ...

Another crisis?

"There is an epidemic of suffering!" says New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. "A mental health crisis!" says Vice President JD Vance. Alarmist media agree: "Mental health crisis among U.S. teens," reports The New York Times. The Wall Street Journal: "America's mental health is worsening." As ...

Close relationships between adults

Relationships that involve friendship, love, or both are desirable and valuable. Such relationships are very important as children and as adults. Psychologists call this type of relationship Attachment. It starts as an infant because of the infant’s need to be protected and need to survive. ...

In politics, the witty disarm the nitwits

An especially repellant political race is about to fade from the headlines. It would have been less ugly had more politicians traded invective for wit. Humor can take the edge off while retaining the bite. "Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand," Mark Twain said. Clever retorts ...