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The urge to move with music

There are people who just can’t sit still when they hear music. They may try to stay put, but they just can’t. What is going on? Music is art, but it is a different art. It is quite different from paintings, drawings, or sculpture. What is it about musical art that makes us want to move? ...

How did we get here?

Half the nation is still reeling from the results of last week's elections. While there was an overall impression that it would not be a good night for Republicans, virtually no one expected it to be the slaughter that it was. In Congress alone, Republicans lost 40 seats in the House of ...

Is Trump a Republican? Well, he is no Abe Lincoln or Ronald Reagan Republican

Can the Republican Party return to its roots? It's worth remembering that President Donald Trump, a former Democrat, who then turned Independent, then turned Reform party, and then went Republican, took the helm of the GOP by being the opposite of everyone else running at the time. Trump made ...

Does Trump even care about national security?

What exactly does it take to get Donald Trump to read a security warning? More to the point, what does it take to get him interested in an alarming one overseen by his own secretary of state, Marco Rubio? The classified memo warned that Trump pal Jensen Huang, the AI chip magnate running ...

Fire Hegseth now or impeach him

When a senior Cabinet official releases a video message vowing to fight for his job, you know he's about to lose his job. For Pete Hegseth, it may be a matter of days. House Republican leaders are bracing for enough GOP defections to impeach Hegseth when the measure comes to a vote this week. ...

More than a thumping, possibly a realignment

More than a "thumping." That's what George W. Bush called it when Democrats won majorities in both houses by gaining six Senate and 30 House seats in 2006. In Tuesday's midterm elections, Democrats won majorities in both houses, gaining seven Senate seats, with chances at two more, and have ...