Articles by Robert Zaller

In a world of lies, it’s sometimes best to seek truth from the devil. It’s true, he’s the Prince of Lies, but the best principle…

The incessant flow of noise and static from the Trump White House  — occupied territory on American soil  — is designed, among other things, to…

Nat Hentoff died with the coming of the new year. He was someone this country can ill do without. Especially now. Hentoff started off as…

Get over it, Joe Biden was advising us the other day. It’s happened, it’s done. Well, yes. Donald Trump is our 45th president, and our…

It will happen, it is happening, it has happened. Donald Trump will become the 45th president of the United States. It is the greatest political…

What comes with a new administration is an inaugural speech and a State of the Union address. Relieved of the baggage of campaign promises, the…

The consequences of the 2016 election have yet to unfold, although Donald Trump, having impatiently pushed his predecessor aside, is for all practical purposes already…

How did he do it? The man who broke every rule in the political playbook; the man shunned, excoriated and ridiculed every day by the…

I finally casted my ballot in this year’s election, and here’s who I have voted for: for president, I chose Bill McKibben, environmental activist and…

As we stagger toward the finish line of one of the most dismaying election campaigns in American political history, one thing is clear: our political…