Articles by Robert Zaller

Donald Trump is hitching one last ride on Air Force One, with a planned 21 gun salute to see him off. If anyone ever told…

In all the death that has surrounded us this year, there has been one group that has had at least partial reprieve: the inmates on…

If there’s one reason why Joe Biden will be occupying the White House on Jan. 20, it’s Nancy Pelosi. Whether to bless or blast her…

In my last article, I suggested that America was the Titanic, already with a gash in its side. One might consider the iceberg that had…

As I write this article on Election Eve, it seems utterly in doubt who will win the presidency. It may be no more certain by…

Until the 20th century, only two states in the modern world had attempted to devise a government from scratch: Haiti and the United States. Haiti…

The New York Times has just invited its readers to send letters predicting the winner of the Nov. 3 election. Or maybe it should call…

It’s been a bad time for just about everybody (Wall Street executives and drug company kingpins aside) but particularly for the arts. Airlines get bailed…

The United States has never fought a foreign war it could not probably have avoided. The War of 1812 against England was driven by so-called…

A very funny play, called “The Man Who Came to Dinner,” had a two-year run on Broadway in 1939-1940; it enjoyed international success and became…