Reconciling Clashing Trump Images
While we await word on what Donald Trump dismisses as “the details” of ceasefire and “eternal” Middle East peace, we have a moment to think... Read more.
The Trump Nobel ‘Snub’
Maybe the members of that Nobel Peace Prize committee should be checking their mortgage application information or other invented prosecutable offenses for daring... Read more.
How Safe Are We?
FBI Director Kash Patel is busily firing, demoting, or reassigning experienced agents whose work he sees as not fitting with the Donald Trump agenda. Indeed, we’re... Read more.
Shutdown Politics We Understand
Days into this government shutdown, we see several lines of enduring enmity and a whole lot of partisanship that guarantee more to come. With so much happening —... Read more.
On Lowering Prescription Drug Costs
Somewhere among ridiculing political opponents, shaming generals and threatening cities, and letting the government shut down this week, Donald Trump and Pfizer,... Read more.
Dropping the Pretenses
Maybe we could agree that the masks are falling to show Donald Trump’s naked intents for total control as president. The recent series of executive orders,... Read more.
Accuser, Judge and Jury
The central issue with the White House-ordered indictment of James B. Comey Jr. obviously isn’t about the fate of Comey, but about Donald Trump and the Justice... Read more.
Distilling International Disdain
If Donald Trump had showed up at the United Nations General Assembly with a gas can and a blowtorch, he would not have been much more subtle about his disdain for... Read more.
Selling Visas for Skilled Workers
The executive order that Donald Trump signed Friday in essence to sell yearly H1-B visas for U.S. companies to use skilled foreign labor at $100,000 a pop is riddled... Read more.
Defiance Moves Center Stage
Suddenly, the watchword about Donald Trump and the nation, about the world’s wars, about how we treat each other seems to be “defiant.” We’re... Read more.