If Democrats vote against everyone sight unseen, then Republicans will vote for everyone sight unseen. However, if Democrats demonstrate that they’re considering each candidate on the merits, they have at least a fighting chance of defeating one or two of Trump’s nominees.

Apparently the Republican base got radicalized first, and Democrats picked up the ball later. Or something.

If you want to make a difference in America, you need to be prepared for a very long, very frustrating slog.

If I could snap my fingers and import France's health care system today, I'd do it.

Open office plans, cell phones, constant notifications: these are all things that fight against sustained attention on a task. For some people and some tasks, that doesn’t matter. But for a lot of important work, it matters a lot.

Marco Rubio turns a question about missing Senate votes into an attack on the mainstream media.

Black crime rates fell more steeply than white crime rates, and now black incarceration is falling more steeply than white incarceration.