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Looking For Light in The Dark Dec. 13, 2023
WASHINGTON — The days get shorter, darker, colder. This solstice season the descent feels more... Read More
Texas, It Almost Had to Be You Nov. 08, 2023
The most tragic rhyme in American history falls in November's time, one century apart. President Abr... Read More
Replacing McCarthy? Keep Expectations Low Oct. 06, 2023
Having bounced poor Kevin McCarthy out of office — a moment that might have been painful if th... Read More
Church Rising, State Falling in Washington Sep. 27, 2023
An autumnal sky hung over the Capitol Monday afternoon. It was Yom Kippur, the day to atone, which s... Read More
Justice For a January Day, At Last Sep. 06, 2023
WASHINGTON — Enrique Tarrio, leader of the extremist Proud Boys, came to the federal courthous... Read More
In Trump They Trust: Bread and Circuses Aug. 30, 2023
WASHINGTON — An ancient Roman poet foresaw former President Donald Trump as a deposed ruler ra... Read More
Mugged: America Digests the Specter of Inmate No. PO1135809 Aug. 29, 2023
It wasn't a midnight train to Georgia that carried the 19 criminal defendants charged by a Fulton Co... Read More
The March One August Day Still Goes On Aug. 23, 2023
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was a new day — on Aug. 28, 1963. That day brough... Read More
Trump's Fascist Coup, Exposed Again Aug. 18, 2023
Now that former President Donald Trump has been indicted not once but twice for attempting to steal ... Read More
Trump Isn't the Only Big Lie Grifter Dec. 23, 2022
Most Americans know by now that former President Donald Trump isn't a brilliant business executive, ... Read More
Criminal Evidence Abounds Against Trump. He Must Be Held Accountable. Oct. 18, 2022
The final Jan. 6 insurrection committee hearing on Thursday presented what, in any other historical ... Read More
Viktor Orban Is a Racist Bully -- And a Failed Leader Aug. 05, 2022
Nobody should still pretend to be shocked that the Conservative Political Action Conference, an enti... Read More
Trump's Knots and Dots: It's All Over Jul. 20, 2022
A figurative noose is tightening around Donald Trump's neck. The sweet thing is that he knows it. T... Read More
Are Democrats Up to Preventing the Next Coup Attempt? May. 20, 2022
In 1980, because I was an idealistic conservative eager to do my bit for democracy, I volunteered fo... Read More
The 'Soft on Crime' Party Apr. 01, 2022
"Soft on crime" is the old dog whistle that Republican senators like Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley used t... Read More
The Trump Coup Is Ongoing Feb. 04, 2022
Some look back on the events following Donald Trump's 2020 election loss and think we dodged a bulle... Read More
Latest Trump Revelations Should Be Disqualifying to Law-and-Order Republicans Feb. 03, 2022
In just the past week, former President Donald Trump's contempt for the rule of law has been reconfi... Read More
What Trump Keeps Telling Us Feb. 03, 2022
The magnitude of former President Donald Trump's crimes against the American Republic comes into sha... Read More
Social Media Companies Turned Out To Be Prophets of the Insurrection Jan. 11, 2022
In the weeks before the November 2020 election and subsequent Capitol insurrection, podcasts and Fac... Read More
Did the Jan. 6 Coup Fail? Jan. 07, 2022
Jan. 6 should have been the point of no return, the pivot point at which even the most blinkered sug... Read More
