Bear Smith

When the Best Campaign Strategy is to Just Shut Up

Lessons from Wisconsin and Florida, and a warning of why it's not enough

26 Things I Know About the Signalgate SNAFU

An accounting of the hubris, hypocrisy, and media spin that has compromised our national security.

When "Free Thinkers" Are Neither

When heterodox thinkers embrace a new orthodoxy, who is left to do the hard work?

When The Wheels Fall Off

What happens to a company, a party, a country in crisis?

The Cop-Out

"Malicious compliance" is an attempt to excuse bad policy

Words Matter.

Who's the Radical Here?

Is it the two crazed men trying to consolidate power overnight, or the bipartisan slate of respected jurists standing in their way?

The Trump Policy Scam Cycle

How a wannabe king plays with world leaders and your attention to look strong at all costs

Conspicuous Silence

What used to matter suddenly doesn't matter at all anymore

The New Monarchy

Something strange is happening in Washington, and it doesn't bode well for our future