Donald Trump

The job of President of the United States is the most serious in the world. Then why do the parties select their candidates by delegating to television advertising and reality show buffoonery?

Few things about Donald Trump surprise me anymore.  But I must admit to being caught off guard when I read that the blame for his continued political buoyancy should be laid squarely at the foot of the incumbent President.

Donald Trump may have written The Art of the Deal, but he's an amateur at the Art of the Political Insult. He could learn a lot from the master, Boston's own James Michael Curley.

Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post made the following comment on Facebook about Trump’s non-correction of a New Hampshire supporter’s assertion that the President is Muslim: “Does this hurt Trump? Help him? I have totally lost the ability to know at this point.”

Is our candidates learning? The second Republican debate and the fog of memory.

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign isn’t a distraction from the race for either party’s 2016 presidential nomination; it’s a made-for-TV pre-game show.

Does the public need 110 polls on the Republican presidential nomination -- in mid July of 2015? Nope; those polls are beneath trivial. On the other hand, polling may well decide the fate of the 2024 Boston Olympics.