The Americana star and son of Steve Earle is gone too soon.

Yet another call for military intervention in domestic politics.

The official campaign to oust Donald Trump is off to a good start.

A retired admiral warns that the President is undermining our institutions.

The American political system is broken but it’s not fair to blame that on its architects.

This is not even close to the worst it’s ever been.

My latest for Defense One.

We’ve removing mail sorting machines just in time for mail-in voting.

I’ve been thinking it wrong for years.

Joe Biden’s running mate will be highly scrutinized. What’s fair game?

A choice that’s both historic and unsurprising.

What would a reborn GOP look like and who would vote for it?

A nation that failed to control the pandemic is going to be without college sports this fall.

Preying on the fears of old white people is good business.

The online behemoth is consolidating its market position during the pandemic.

A column is getting negative attention for all the wrong reasons

The Russians are at it again, with the cooperation of the Trump administration and its enablers.

Yet another grim milestone.

The National Security Advisor to Presidents Ford and GHW Bush has died.

Joe Biden has either narrowed down his choice for running mate down to two women or he hasn’t.

A completely unsurprising finding.

The President has hit rock bottom.

Yet another incumbent has lost his primary contest.

An open Senate race is now much more likely to stay Republican.

“We are a cancer and there is no cure,”

It’s much easier to fund bad information than good.

A great character actor is gone.

The rules are different if you’re famous.

The Supreme Court isn’t taking much of a break this year.

Roll Damn Tide.

The President may be right on voting by mail.

The reporting demonstrates the uncomfortable truth.

We were much slower and have higher non-conformity than countries that have it under control.

The ‘outside agitators’ trope strikes again.

She would hardly be the first running mate who criticized the nominee in a debate.

Black football players at Iowa complain they were treated differently—and also the same.

A world in which we’re all contractors is a dystopian utopia.

The similarities are obvious. The differences are more important.

A bizarre but possibly correct ruling by the Supreme Court.

A new company has reinvented the communication tool that people love to hate.

An unintended consequence of the Cares Act.

Apparently, we’re not supposed to drink the stuff.

A hundred days out, a wave election is the best bet.