If I kept a daily tab of the past week or so, it might read like this:Dear Diary,New Year’s Day: Our own Sen. Hawley plans to formally contest the…

How did Donald Trump assemble the second largest voter coalition in American history? He won more than 74 million votes, which is more than the entire…

Growing up we loved Ray Charles. His songs had wide appeal and were singable. I loved his star turn in the Blues Brothers movie. His first hit was…

In case last week was a bit of a blur, here is a log of the week after the election.Wednesday, November 4: There’s an old Clint Eastwood movie named The…

I talked to my favorite Republican and Democrat last week about next week’s election. Here’s what they said.Both think Judy Baker will almost, but not…

In my stubborn and almost certainly quixotic quest to understand President Trump and especially his most ardent followers, I locate others trying to do…

You may have heard of the Electoral College. If certain unlikely but theoretically possible election scenarios play out on November 3, then in the near…

Every Saturday the St. Louis Post Dispatch does what they call “Short Takes” instead of a lengthy editorial. This week’s commentary is short takes.Your…

In a July commentary I gave three of the nine reasons why America has a strong and durable two-party system, and why it is difficult for third parties to…

Last time my two political insiders and I looked at local and state races. Now we’ll look at the national scene. We agree that there are more…