Healthcare news is familiar, like a bad dream. I’ve heard it before, though on a different subject. When the kids were young, and we went on vacation, every few minutes they asked, “Are we there yet?”

I don’t support everything Obama does or doesn’t do, but I admire his speaking ability. He employed it with care and clarity when he said “…the Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home.” That doesn’t imply they are stupid or act stupidly all [...]

To get elected, a candidate must convince others they will get something for their money by investing in his or her campaign — but not quid pro quo. That’s the American way, but to make it work, we must stop accusing self-righteous family values crusaders, who commit adultery, of hypocrisy. Weaklings break wedding vows. Those [...]

I always believed we could learn. Perhaps we can, but we rarely do. I thought right wingers wore blinders. They do, but we liberals do too. Psychologist Drew Weston showed we choose pleasant over unpleasant facts: “…partisans twirl the cognitive kaleidoscope until they get the conclusions they want.” I thought I spread political insights like [...]