Colin Powell was a paradoxical man in a polarized time
He joined the Republican Party just as it was veering away from him.
There was no legal way to stop Trump from ordering a nuclear strike if he wanted to, expert says
New revelations about Gen. Mark A. Milley’s calls to his Chinese counterpart remind of us of that fact
Will a new White House chief of staff matter? Not unless Trump wants change.
[caption id="attachment_81464" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Nick Ayers, left, chief of staff
No one is surprised that Jeff Sessions is out. But is his replacement’s appointment unconstitutional?
[caption id="attachment_80040" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks in
Steven Bannon is wrong. The White House ‘resistance’ is the opposite of a coup.
Former senior White House adviser Stephen K. Bannon calls it
What’s most shocking about the ‘resistance’ op-ed? How personal the attacks are.
It turns out that studying the workings of the presidency
Sure, Trump’s advisers aren’t the first to push back against a president. But what’s happening now is completely unprecedented.
[caption id="attachment_77423" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Trump in the Oval Office
Here’s how little Americans have learned about Donald Trump
[caption id="attachment_69469" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Trump departs the White House
Donald Trump is wrong. When Democrats were offered secret help by the Soviets, they refused.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/donald-trump-jr-defends-his-meeting-with-russian-lawyer/2017/07/12/cbb7082e-66c4-11e7-94ab-5b1f0ff459df_video.html Yesterday, President Trump suggested in a Reuters interview that
Happy (belated) birthday, Watergate break-in!
[caption id="attachment_60057" align="aligncenter" width="375"] A Herblock cartoon from the April
When you compare Trump to Nixon, think character not crime
http://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/a-historic-day-in-washington-in-3-minutes/2017/06/08/9fa8fd52-4caa-11e7-987c-42ab5745db2e_video.html James Comey’s testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee casts
What can Watergate teach us about the Trump White House?
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) recently told a fundraising dinner that “We've
Mitch McConnell said you don’t need experience to be president
Here's why he's wrong.
Aaron Schock's downfall tells us we need to look at political spending as well as giving
[caption id="attachment_22925" align="alignnone" width="620"] Rep. Aaron Schock (R-Ill.) speaks to reporters
Aaron Schock’s downfall tells us we need to look at political spending as well as giving
[caption id="attachment_22925" align="alignnone" width="620"] Rep. Aaron Schock (R-Ill.) speaks to reporters
Second Terms: Schools for Scandal?
Nice piece by Ryan Lizza in the forthcoming New Yorker
More on Presidential Power in Foreign Policy
John "notes":https://themonkeycage.org/2011/02/how_presidential_decisions_are.html this "interesting post":http://blogs.middlebury.edu/presidentialpower/2011/02/13/take-a-law-grace-how-presidents-really-make-policy/ by Matthew Dickinson about the
Obama’s Response to Egypt: No Accident?
In my "last post":https://themonkeycage.org/2011/02/how_do_presidents_matter_in_fo.html, I described how individual leaders can
Potpourri
* "Warsaw Second On List of Europe's Cities for Business
Media Coverage of American Politics: A Core Reading List
In the December 1 Wall Street Journal, Tom Brokaw steers