Pander Over Taxing Tips
Talk about inane political brouhahas: Among this week’s silliest issues is that Kamala Harris and Donald Trump appear to agree on a relatively minor tax point... Read more.
Hypocrisy in Campaign Hacks
Trump Campaign Hacked by Suspected Foreign Cyberattackers. A series of headlines this week drew attention to the hacking of Donald Trump campaign documents by foreign... Read more.
The Irrelevant Campaign Slurs
Like grief, it seems that election campaigns must go through several steps before resolving into, well, governing or slinking away. So, in this 2024 campaign, we... Read more.
Facts Get Knocked Out at Olympic Games
Despite Winning, Imane Khelif Took an Unfair Pummeling The culture warriors are itching for, well, a fight over Olympic boxing. Among the combatants, no one seems... Read more.
The Retaliation Cycle
Escalation Between Israel, Hezbollah and Hamas Raises Global Stakes Clearly, separate, audacious attacks on Hezbollah and Hamas leaders in Beirut and Tehran are... Read more.
Pushing the Homeless Somewhere
More than 630,000 are homeless in America, the most recent statistics suggest, even amid disclaimers that no one knows for sure because no agency knows how to count... Read more.
Creating An Aura of Hope
A week into the reordered Democratic presidential race and a zillion news commentaries later, the November elections now present themselves as a real contest, with... Read more.
Why the Netanyahu Speech?
Netanyahu’s U.S. Visit: Political Theater Amid Gaza Crisis and Calls for Accountability Even as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was addressing Congress,... Read more.
Trump’s ‘Bullet for Democracy’
“Last week, I took a bullet for democracy,” Donald Trump told his Grand Rapids, Michigan, rally, recounting again his near brush with an assassin’s... Read more.
Biden Takes Himself Out
For once, Joe Biden was down and not ready to spring up again. That kind of perpetual optimism has been his signature move, along with a deep desire to offer comfort... Read more.