Year: 2016

In the 2014 midterms, only 36.7 percent of eligible voters turned out to vote. That compares to 58.6 percent of eligible voters who turned out for the presidential election in 2012 and 62.2 percent who turned out in 2008. We can...

I should be back to more active blogging this week. I’ve been busy getting the new Washington Monthly College Guide digitized, and we’ve got a great new issue to go along with the rankings. Also, I just put my son on...

John McCain will probably win his primary easily on Tuesday but I don’t think there is a senator who has more richly deserved to lose in the general since Joe Lieberman went up against Ned Lamont. Do you disagree?

It’s not surprising that Catholics don’t like Donald Trump. If you want Catholic support, it’s generally a bad idea to get in a pissing match with the Pope. But, probably more than that, the tremendous...

San Francisco 49er quarterback Colin Kaepaernick chose not to stand during the national anthem during a preseason game today. “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and...