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Peter SchorschSeptember 27, 2015

There is a right, smart way to take on Republican Marco Rubio and there is a dumb, ineffective way to challenge him. What you are seeing out of Donald Trump this week – attacking the first-term U.S. senator and former speaker of the Florida House as a “disloyal” and “sweaty” “lightweight” – is the latter. […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 25, 2015

There is a right, smart way to take on Republican Marco Rubio and there is a dumb, ineffective way to challenge him. What you are seeing out of Donald Trump this week – attacking the first-term U.S. senator and former speaker of the Florida House as a “disloyal” and “sweaty” “lightweight” – is the latter. […]

Martin DyckmanSeptember 21, 2015

The Republican debates say a lot about who shouldn’t be president but almost nothing about which of the 16 might deserve to be. For all but a few moments, the tedious brawl last week was to good government as a demolition derby is to auto safety. It’s hard to disagree with Marco Rubio’s take on […]

Ryan RaySeptember 21, 2015

Depending on who you ask American high school football is a religion, a venerable rite of passage or a dangerous haven for violence. But along Florida’s Suncoast – where tennis stars like Andre Agassi and Maria Sharapova were groomed for the big time starting well before puberty – it is becoming something else entirely, writes Jeré Longman in The New York Times: […]

Martin DyckmanAugust 18, 2015

To appreciate one reason why Donald Trump is thumping Jeb! in the polls, substitute a question mark for the exclamation point. Jeb? isn’t doing so well at persuading people that what they think they heard isn’t what he meant to say. It doesn’t take a degree in psychology to know that someone’s first, unguarded remark […]

Julie DelegalAugust 17, 2015

As former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush abandons his Paleolithic diet by eating a fried Snickers bar in Iowa, feminists everywhere wish he’d abandon his stone-age ideology, too. Bush wants to “publicly shame” mothers who give birth out of wedlock, arguing that the lack of stigma is what causes illegitimate births. With apologies to Sam Cooke, […]

Guest AuthorAugust 16, 2015

To sum up The Donald’s motives for participating in the GOP presidential primary, according to the professional prognosticators: Donald Trump is a carnival barker riding the presidential primary process for an eventual deal that would boost his business margin. Or land another TV show. Or add another $3 billion to his “brand.” The Donald is […]

Martin DyckmanAugust 12, 2015

Our next president may well owe the office to arrogant billionaires or be one himself. Meanwhile, The New York Times reports that fewer than 400 families account for nearly half the $388-million already invested in that election still more than a year away. Did America shed blood to be rid of monarchy only to have […]

Martin DyckmanAugust 11, 2015

Our next president may well owe the office to arrogant billionaires or be one himself. Meanwhile, The New York Times reports that fewer than 400 families account for nearly half the $388-million already invested in that election still more than a year away. Did America shed blood to be rid of monarchy only to have […]

Martin DyckmanAugust 4, 2015

America’s doctors have long since made their peace with Medicare, which marked its 50th anniversary last week, but its oldest and most implacable enemy, the ideological right wing, is still bent on destroying it. If you were a politician who shared that purpose, how might you go about it? You’d harp on how the trust […]

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Peter Schorsch: How to effectively take on Marco Rubio

How to effectively take on Marco Rubio

Martin Dyckman: Debate reveals Jeb Bush’s deficit of reality

In Florida, high school football goes pro

Martin Dyckman: Find the real Jeb Bush in his unguarded gaffes

Julie Delegal: Jeb Bush vilifies unwed mothers, ignores economic reality

Chris Timmons: Fox News says, “Who needs journalism?”

Martin Dyckman: Winner-take-all winner could be Donald Trump

Martin Dyckman: Winner-take-all winner could be Donald Trump

Martin Dyckman: Right wing should stop its nonsense about Medicare