When Donald Trump finished his remarks at a conservative convention in Washington this month, he was received as well as some of the bigger names expected to chase the Republican presidential nomination.

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Nobody ever said this was going to be easy.

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Everyone repeat after me. No exceptions, this is an honesty check. Ready? Go:

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They like you to be seated pretty early in the House Gallery for State of the Union addresses. As a grizzled veteran of two — George W. Bush’s third and Barack Obama’s second, on Tuesday night — I can tell you some things don’t change.

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As I write this, I have no idea how many members of Congress will scooch over to the opposing side to sit next to their counterparts in six days for the president’s State of the Union address.

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The new Congress has been sworn, but I figured I’d actually wait for them to do something before commenting.

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Nothing starts arguments like published lists, which is why the final days of any year are filled with delicious arguments about what received too much or too little attention in the previous 12 months.

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In the days leading to Christmas, liberals and conservatives both have been handed one nice gift and one lump of coal.

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If there is anyone who has redefined himself for the better during this time of tea party ascendancy, it is the man who will become the 61st Speaker of the House, John Boehner of Ohio.

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In a matter of days, we will wake up in a changed America. Some say it will be a country that has changed back. I certainly hope not.

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Eight teams have punched tickets for baseball’s post-season, and one of them is already in trouble. Steroid controversy? Gambling scandal?

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Five years to the day before men left the Earth to walk on the moon, something else was launched: modern conservatism.

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In these lean times for President Barack Obama’s fan base, it has surely been a fun few days, filled with pointing and laughing at those silly people who have told pollsters they believe he is a Muslim.

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A nation with a constitutionally illiterate citizenry is in need of education. A nation with a constitutionally illiterate judiciary is in genuine crisis.

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When I was a kid, I used to badger my parents to take me to pet stores so I could see the puppies. Even the local mall had a storefront where kids would press their faces against the glass to wave at the tiny breed of the day. We loved it, and the puppies enjoyed the attention.

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If the very existence of a black first lady were not enough to suggest that the NAACP’s century of battles has been largely won, Michelle Obama’s topic for her keynote speech to its convention might confirm it: childhood obesity.

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If the truth can set you free, it also can land you in some trouble. Just ask U.S. Rep. Joe Barton   or Gen. Stanley McChrystal.

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Any examination of the enticements offered to Rep. Joe Sestak   to drop out of the Pennsylvania Democratic Senate primary will take place in a passionate crossfire.

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So, are we ready for this morning’s top kill?

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Please, everyone: Stop interpreting each little Obama administration hiccup as a potential repeat from the Bush years.

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Think back to Monday evening, before we had a suspect arrested in the failed Times Square car bomb attempt. Imagine the reaction if the mayor of New York had been asked to speculate on who would do such a thing, and the answer had been: “If I had to guess, I’d say a Muslim terrorist.”

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Does novice pundit Meghan McCain want her dad to come home from Washington? One might wonder, following her online attacks on Arizona’s tough new immigration law, which he actually supports.

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Ron Howard’s Apollo 13 not only thrilled movie audiences by taking them back to man’s reach for the moon; it also recalled an era when America faced a goal boldly and accepted nothing short of success.

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One measure of heroism is found in how victors prevail. A more telling measure is found in how the vanquished bounce back.

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Run for the hills, those infernal conservatives are rewriting history. Or so one might gather from much of the coverage of Texas’ latest textbook battle.

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So is this what we are resigned to – those of us in search of fresh, new faces to boldly challenge entrenched politicians – a steady diet of excuse-making when our developing heroes mess up?

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On April 15 at Dallas City Hall, I looked out over a sea of attendees at one of several national gatherings that launched the Tea Party movement.

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I worked precisely one day during the holidays, and you won’t believe the argument I started.

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I was in the worst possible place to hear of the worst possible idea for bringing the 9/11 plotters to justice.

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In an upstate New York special congressional election next week, conservatives are rushing to the aid of a third-party candidate who could guarantee the seat switches to the Democrats. And they don’t seem to care.

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After the Barack Obama Olympic junket collapsed in a heap of failure, I wondered how long it would take for his defenders to attempt a reputation-saving head fake, scattering blame in other directions.

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Losing is never easy, especially in politics. It means the public just didn’t buy what you were selling, always a bitter pill.

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Indignation is a curious thing in the era of Barack Obama. Having seen the mockery this White House can heap on voters who dare to show it anger, this week has provided a window to what in turn sparks the Obama team to outrage.

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Jan. 3, 2010, should be quite the scene at the new Cowboys Stadium.

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If a “turf war” is what breaks out between rival gangs, the battles unfolding at increasingly tense health care town hall meetings might be called “AstroTurf” wars. Literal AstroTurf is an artificial grass playing surface in a sports stadium; symbolic AstroTurf is a grassroots movement that reeks of phoniness.

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