The one thing Donald Trump said that was the most important of the presidential race
In the 16 months since Donald Trump announced his candidacy, he has said many hard-hitting and provocative things. Published October 19, 2016
Monica Crowley
Articles by Monica Crowley
What this campaign is really all about
The political firestorms of the past week -- the 2005 tape of Donald Trump uttering crass statements about women, WikiLeaks' disclosure of thousands of Hillary Clinton's emails revealing her two-faced hypocrisy, the appearance at the second presidential debate of several women who have accused Bill Clinton of rape and sexual assault, Mr. Trump's comeback debate performance -- have obscured one critically important truth. Published October 12, 2016
Donald Trump's secret weapon for Debate No. 2
One of the biggest ironies of the first presidential debate is that Donald Trump's reluctance to aggressively attack Hillary Clinton has now given him the license to fully do so. Published October 5, 2016
The real reason why Trump won the debate
Four years ago, you could have almost seen Bill Clinton's thought bubble as he watched Barack Obama's weak and listless performance against Mitt Romney during the first presidential debate: "I can't believe we lost to this guy." Published September 28, 2016
How Trump can knock out Hillary in the first debate
It promises to be the greatest show on earth: the first presidential debate to be held Monday night at Hofstra University in New York. Rarely has a political event attracted this kind of Super Bowl-level excitement, curiosity and anticipation. Then again, rarely have we had two presidential candidates who light up the political sky like Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Published September 21, 2016
'Never forget' Sept. 11 -- by voting on it
Fifteen years ago, 19 men boarded four aircraft in the United States. A few hours later, thousands of people were dead -- and the country and the world were changed forever. Published September 14, 2016
Trump's Nixon-goes-to-China moment
Prior to being elected president, Richard Nixon built his political career on being a staunch opponent of communism. He had run for Congress in 1946 on an anti-communist platform, exposed senior State Department official Alger Hiss as a top-level spy for the Soviet Union, and as vice president, debated Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev on the merits of capitalism versus Marxism in the famous "Kitchen Debate" of 1959. Published September 7, 2016
Vladimir Putin, Hillary Clinton and the guns of August
The guns of August -- a phrase first used to describe the outbreak of World War I -- is a real phenomenon. Maybe it's the heat, but there's something about the eighth month that seems to inspire armed conflict. Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in August 1990. Published August 24, 2016
The one thing missing from Trump's economic plan
Republican nominee Donald Trump's recently unveiled economic plan was roundly praised for its aggressive pro-growth, job-creating proposals. Published August 17, 2016
The great silent majority may surprise Trump, Clinton and us all
Every four years like clockwork, the two major presidential nominees present their competing visions for the future of the country. This year, however, those visions are so starkly different as to be nearly irreconcilable. They may, in fact, indicate a breach far deeper and more searing than previously thought. Published August 10, 2016
The media's lies and double standards accelerate at blinding speed
According to the media, not all grieving parents of fallen servicemen are created equal. Whether those parents are protected, defended and respected or ignored, dismissed and smeared depends on their political affiliation -- and how useful they are to the "right" side. Published August 3, 2016
The speech Hillary Clinton should give tonight
As she strides toward the podium tonight in Philadelphia to accept the Democratic nomination for president, Hillary Clinton may want to keep late Sen. Edward Kennedy in mind. Published July 27, 2016
The speech Donald Trump should give tonight to win it all
Tonight in Cleveland, Donald Trump will accept the Republican nomination for president of the United States. His ascent is the most astonishing political story of our lifetimes, and he achieved it with breathtaking fearlessness, cleverness, wit and smarts. Most importantly, he had from the start an extraordinary sixth sense of the anger, betrayal and anxiety roiling voters and driving their desire to smash the existing order. Published July 20, 2016
Hillary Clinton beats the rap while condemning others to face it
As he methodically laid out the case against Hillary Clinton for her use of a private, unsecure server and email accounts to carry out all of her official government business as secretary of state before declining to recommend criminal charges, FBI Director James Comey left out one major piece of evidence. Published July 13, 2016
What Hillary Clinton doesn't get: It's the freedom, stupid
The upheaval sweeping the globe is about something much bigger, more unifying and transcendent than a particular set of issues; it's about the fierce desire for liberty. Published June 29, 2016
Obama tries to go full Orwellian on the Islamic threat
Nearly two weeks after Omar Mateen went on his Islamist killing spree in Orlando, President Obama, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, and The New York Times are still searching for his motive. Published June 22, 2016
How Obama's failed leadership is literally killing us
The most recent Islamic act of war, in which self-professed Islamic State jihadi Omar Mir Seddique Mateen slaughtered 49 people and injured scores of others at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., should be a game changer. The deadliest attack on U.S. soil since Sept. 11, 2001, should finally convince our leadership that dealing with the Islamic threat must no longer be business as usual. Published June 15, 2016
The surprising heroines on the front lines of the war on authority
When I was about 13 years old, my mother sat me down to read me the proverbial riot act. I hadn't done anything to necessitate it; it was a pre-emptive strike on her part to make sure that her newly teenaged daughter stayed on the straight and narrow. Published June 8, 2016
How Donald Trump is resurrecting the 'great silent majority'
In late October 1969, Richard Nixon took out one of his famous yellow legal pads to jot down some thoughts. The new president was faced with serious global and domestic turmoil. The Soviet Union had initiated a nuclear buildup, the Middle East was aflame (some things never change), and the war in Vietnam raged on. Published June 1, 2016
Obama, Hiroshima and the Left's destructive compulsion to apologize
During President Obama's first term, there were reports that he considered apologizing to Japan for the U.S. decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima during World War II. The White House denied it. Published May 25, 2016