Commentary / World Jul 4, 2017
To comprehend Trump, read this
Three books and two magazine articles shed a lot of light on the U.S. president's baffling behavior.
Albert R. Hunt
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Commentary / World Jun 13, 2017
Can America and China escape Thucydides' trap?
An American scholar-analyst makes a historical case for the threat of a U.S.-China war.
Commentary / World Jun 9, 2017
The reason Republican senators weren't smiling
The picture of the former FBI chief, known for his integrity, taking the oath to tell the truth about Trump under penalty of perjury was a powerful one and not comforting to the White House.
Commentary / World May 29, 2017
Welcome back to your swamp, Mr. President
U.S. President Donald Trump's trip abroad was fun. Facing Special Counsel Robert Mueller won't be.
Commentary / World Jan 23, 2017
Oval Office won't change Trump
There won't be calls to let Trump be Trump. His inauguration speech showed he's already Trump — and always will be.
Commentary / World Dec 27, 2016
Trump's win was unusual but not historic
The truly historic elections reshape or realign U.S. politics. There are many reasons to believe that 2016 isn't one of them.
Commentary / World Dec 6, 2016
Trump's war on the press
One of the biggest conflicts in Washington next year will be the one between the mainstream media and the most anti-press president since at least Richard Nixon.
Commentary / World Jun 23, 2016
'Dump-Trump' Republicans are getting weird
Desperate Republican strategists are concocting wild schemes to preserve their congressional majorities, even though they would concede the presidential contest to Hillary Clinton.
Commentary / World Feb 22, 2016
South Carolina puts history on Trump's side
Trump's win in South Carolina shows he commands such a fervent following that episodes that would undo conventional candidates don't hurt him.
Commentary / World Nov 24, 2015
Clinton's weaknesses hidden by GOP disarray
Hillary Clinton doesn't excite important constituencies — young people, independents, possibly even minority voters — and that could sink her bid for the White House.