USA Today Poll: Hillary Trails All GOP Candidates [UPDATE: Cruz Overtakes Trump?]

Donald Trump's latest bombshell, claiming the Bush administration lied about weapons of mass destruction to get us into the Iraq War, is just him doing wheelies on the way to the nomination. He's apparently decided it would be fun to taunt the entire GOP by demonstrating that he can say anything and his voters won't care.

Many people of mature years are amazed at how many young people have voted for Senator Bernie Sanders, and are enthusiastic about the socialism he preaches.

After watching the mayhem at last weeks GOP presidential debate, Ive decided its time for the Republican candidates to have a Come-to-Jesus meeting.

World War II broke out when Nazi Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. A once preventable war had become inevitable -- and would soon become global -- due to three fatal decisions.

News of the death of Antonin Scalia washed across the political landscape like few things could. Most of us aspire to cause a ripple in the pond of life; Scalia was a tidal wave.

It's one thing to disagree with the decision to go to war in Iraq. That, believe it or not, was once a minority view. According to a Gallup poll taken in March 2003, the night after the Iraq war began, 76 percent supported President George W. Bush's decision.

Lent began last week on February 10. In the Christian tradition, the Lenten period is a time of fasting and prayer, preparation and reflection in anticipation of Easter, which commemorates the death and resurrection of Jesus.

Founder John Adams famously said, Facts are stubborn things. Its good to see conservatives debating the merits of the 340B drug discount program, but a fact check is in order.

St. Petersburg, FL -- Many a political pundit was stunned to hear Donald Trump's blunt attacks on President George W. Bush in a debate held last week in South Carolina. Trump severely criticized Bush's alleged failure to prevent 9/11 and his decision to invade Iraq. And when Trump called Ted Cruz a liar to his face, the gauntlet had truly been thrown down. Trump even muttered that Planned Parenthood did some good things, quickly adding that abortion was not one of them.

February is called Presidents Month for good reason: It's when the birthdays of the Big Two -- Washington and Lincoln -- are observed with due pomp and circumstance.

Recall if you will those unforgettable royal figures from yesteryear with their peculiar cognomens. Some of my favorites are Ethelred the Unready, a famously tardy English king from the Middle Ages. Or how about Charles the Bald, the Holy Roman Emperor whose glabrous head was widely remarked in his time and still is to this very day? And who can forget Pepin the Short? Even standing on his tiptoes he was the diminutive King of the Franks.

The death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia shocked Ted Cruz into a sudden realization: It's even more important than before that Ted Cruz be our next president.

President Obama and his team promised to do better.

Remember the Gold King mine spill in Colorado last August?

In this weeks Economist (February 13-19), an otherwise ordinary book review brought home to me, as it should to you, that in the world of con artists, there is one and only one king: Donald Trump.

The outside observer looking at what I have been able to accomplish over the years might agree that I have been blessed with an abundance of outward success. But I tend to view life from a much different vantage point.

Dear President Obama, I was deeply saddened at the news of Justice Antonin Scalias passing.

Since Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's death on Feb. 13th, a virtual feeding frenzy has commenced. Conservatives are insisting that the GOP-controlled Senate refuse to confirm any nominee put forth by President Obama. Senate Democrats are in their typical state of hypocritical high dudgeon, conveniently ignoring their own past efforts -- often successful -- to block the appointments of individuals nominated by Republican presidents (including the first Hispanic nominee, Miguel Estrada, who withdrew his name from consideration after a six-month filibuster, and the infamous treatment of Judge Robert Bork).

Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump take the election year tradition of promising the sun, moon, and stars to voters to a whole new level. They will promise their voters just about anything they want in order to win the presidency.

A great man has died, Antonin Scalia. Imagine his great homecoming to be with his Lord, whom he ultimately served.

Last week, Americans woke up to some telling results from the New Hampshire primary. But while the medias attention seems to have focused on Bernie Sanders growing competitiveness over Hillary Clinton or the GOP's crowded horserace, the real surprise is that, the candidates that finished ahead in Iowa and New Hampshire, and are projected to top South Carolinas February 20th primary are all proponents of sound monetary reform. So are Americans sending a signal to Washington?

There is a fair way to deal with the political battle over replacing the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia:

Colorado dodged a bullet. After a stinging backlash from local leaders and Rocky Mountain politicians in both parties, the Obama White House retreated this weekend from plans to dump in our state 1,000 minors who immigrated here illegally.

Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders seek to claim the "progressive" mantle. Both claim the other is not a true progressive.