It’s My Party and I’ll Cry If I Want To: Donald Trump won seven states in the Republican Super Tuesday primaries, putting him firmly on the path to the nomination. Ted Cruz won three states and Marco Rubio, just one …

Take a Leap: It’s Leap Day, one extra day in a Leap Year. February 29th. The Envelope: Even with the biting humor of host Chris Rock, last night’s Oscars were a self-conscious apologia for having no non-white actors nominated for …

The Polling Booth: Et tu, Chris? New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie crossed the mainstream Republican line yesterday and endorsed Donald Trump for president, saying the most important thing is to beat Hillary Clinton in November. Christie is the first politician …

Donald Trump says Mexican immigrants are a threat to America. Ted Cruz swears that a Democratic president will erase the Second Amendment. Marco Rubio warns that the fall election is a battle for the soul of America. Aren’t they watching …

Debatable: Blah, blah, blah. The Republicans debated in Houston last night. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz tried to make Donald Trump bleed, at times resulting in the candidates shouting over each other in a cacophony of accusations and denials. Blah, …

It’s Political: The five remaining Republican candidates have a debate in Houston tonight that needs to be a game changer for the four trailing Donald Trump. The question is whether Cruz, Rubio, Kasich, and Carson will savage each other or …

It’s Political: Donald Trump won the Nevada caucuses by an overwhelming 45.9 percent and Marco Rubio crept into second place with 23.9 percent. It’s Trump’s third straight win and crowing about it from the podium he said, “We won with …

Harper Lee: The author of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” one of the most beloved and lasting works in American literature, died yesterday at age 89 in Monroeville, Ala. where she lived. Harper Lee’s first novel about race and injustice in …

Permawar: US warplanes struck an Islamic State camp in Libya today, killing about 30 people. The primary target was a man named Noureddine Chouchane, described as a senior operative in terrorist attacks in Tunisia. It’s unknown yet whether he was …

Cuba Libre: President Obama plans to visit Cuba within weeks as relations warm between the two countries, the NY Times reports. He would be the first president to visit Cuba since Calvin Coolidge 88 years ago — and definitely cooler. …