Have you heard about Mike the Headless Chicken? This is a true story. Mike’s owner, a Colorado farmer, cut his head off in September 1945. But somehow Mike didn’t get the memo that he was dead. He lived another 18 months, earning the nickname Miracle Mike,...
Yamiche Alcindor, a reporter from PBS NewsHour, had an interesting exchange with Donald Trump the other day. But to put it in the proper context, we first need to roll back the clock to May 10, 2018. On that day, The Washington Post ran a story that received...
By Chris Satullo So what happened to Bernie Sanders? Here’s my theory: He couldn’t find the Overton Window – because he couldn’t navigate the Yankelovich Curve. I’ll explain. If you’ve never heard of the Overton Window, don’t feel bad. I hadn’t either until...
I’ve been reading Erik Larson’s new book, The Splendid and the Vile, which chronicles the first year of Winston Churchill’s wartime stint as prime minister. He was a gifted rhetorician who used the power of words to move a nation. He combined grim...
Dear Bernie, You are toast and we smell the burn. We are shutting you down. We are not “corporate” or “Wall Street” or “millionaires and billionaires.” We are just everyday Democrats – African-Americans and white suburbanites,...