The president’s prowess as a parent presents a seductive ideal.

It worked for Republicans—twice. And charismatic candidates like Barack Obama and Bill Clinton don't appear every four years.

Republicans said the 2012 election was their last chance to repeal health care reform. They were right.

They broke norms to stymie Democrats. Now they're doing it to help Trump.

This is a dire moment for American democracy. It demands a dire warning.

President Obama's former attorney general will be at the forefront of legal challenges to the Trump administration. Will they work?

The activist left was anemic under Bush, but flourished under Obama.

They've forgotten just how badly corruption can hobble an administration.

Defining Putin as America's main enemy is threat inflation at its worst.

The outgoing president should stop worrying about norms and start resisting Trump.

He will break every political norm in sight—and Democrats will have to break a few in return.