Hegseth’s Pursuit of Mark Kelly
The attack by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth against Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., is far from over, in part because of the untested legal workaround Hegseth is using... Read more.
A Tragic, Foreseeable ICE Shooting
The tragic fatal shooting by an ICE officer a citizen feels as if was the inevitable failure of assigning armed, undertrained, masked agents into our city streets... Read more.
Piles of Questions On Maduro Capture In Venezuela
A surprise U.S. military strike to arrest Nicolás Maduro has ignited constitutional, geopolitical, and humanitarian concerns — with no clear endgame. However... Read more.
Welcoming Mayor Mamdani
With perhaps an uncharacteristic mix of anticipatory excitement and curiosity, a usually critical New York is set aside its “fuhgeddaboudit” attitude to to... Read more.
Blowing Away Wind Farms
Donald Trump’s gut bias towards erasing wind farms easily won whatever debate may have played out, if any, in the nation’s energy future. In a single stroke,... Read more.
Even Trump Backers Don’t Believe
It turns out that few believe Donald Trump’s insistence that the economy is doing well for most people – any more than those same voters turned on Joe Biden... Read more.
It’s Trump’s Derangement
Trump’s Cruelty After Mass Shootings Shows How Far We’ve Fallen The awful feelings from this week’s mass shootings and the twin murders of Rob and Michele... Read more.
Denial Persuades No One
The political news from the Trump administration continuously reflects purposeful self-delusion, seemingly to shield adverse popular conclusion. From the Pentagon’s... Read more.
Trump’s Distorted World View
Human Rights and Democracy Replaced by Profit Events, reports and analysis have converged this week to underscore Donald Trump’s unique view of how the world should... Read more.
Hegeth is Sinking
White House Shields Hegseth While Blaming Commander in Deadly Boat Strike Scandal In backing the Defense/War Secretary Pete Hegseth over allegations of killing survivors... Read more.