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Can AI Remind Us That Connection Is What We're Searching For? Jul. 18, 2025
Lately, when I tell people that I am a writer, the conversation inevitably turns to artificial intel... Read More
A Personal Tribute to David Gergen for an Exceptional Life of Service Jul. 15, 2025
SAN DIEGO — Good mentors can teach us a lot, except how to say goodbye. One of mine — wh... Read More
The Fifth Estate Jun. 20, 2025
If you've been a reporter long enough, you learn that when people say you're a "member of the Fourth... Read More
Neither Republicans nor Democrats Are Consistent on Immigration Jun. 12, 2025
SAN DIEGO — Americans are really good at pointing out the contradictions of others, but really... Read More
The Pulitzer Prizes Have Become a Sad Joke May. 09, 2025
Last week, Mosab Abu Toha, a Hamas apologist and serial fabricator who vilified female Israeli hosta... Read More
If Independent Press Vanishes, So Do First Amendment Protections Apr. 30, 2025
In addition to guaranteeing freedom of speech and religion, the First Amendment prohibits government... Read More
When Secular Reporters Watch Religious Movies Apr. 18, 2025
The Easter season can remind people of classic Hollywood movies with religious themes. Every year, A... Read More
Can't Keep Quiet: 100 Columns and Counting Apr. 16, 2025
This is the 100th Raffel Ticket weekly column I've written. How the heck did that happen? The underl... Read More
Public Trust in Media Dies in 'Groupthink' Apr. 11, 2025
Journalists are terrible at hiding their desire to run our democracy, using their platforms to direc... Read More
Lighting the Torches of Others for Women's History Month Feb. 28, 2025
Just in time for Women's History Month, there's an essay collection called "Fast Famous Women" relea... Read More
Jeff Bezos Launches Intervention at the Washington Post Feb. 27, 2025
WASHINGTON — Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos sent a wake-up call to Big Media Wednesday when ... Read More
Trump's War With The Media Should Not End in Surrender. Fight On! Feb. 27, 2025
SAN DIEGO — U.S. politicians tend to overuse the word "crisis." Some insist there is a crisis ... Read More
Mexican Flags at Immigration Protests Make This Mexican American Wince Feb. 04, 2025
SAN DIEGO — President Donald Trump's recent spate of deportations means different things to di... Read More
Newspapers Then and Now: Why Good Columns Stand the Test of Time Jan. 31, 2025
When Bob Hill was writing newspaper columns, it was a different era. But after our conversation, I r... Read More
Trump's Executive Tantrums Are Damaging America Jan. 28, 2025
SAN DIEGO — My brain works in threes. So now that President Donald Trump is back in the White ... Read More
Joy Reid Rhymes With Adolf Hitler Jan. 28, 2025
In the ongoing gun battle for being crowned as the worst person on television, Joy Reid is always in... Read More
Eyes on the Prize Jan. 25, 2025
The Justice Department has ordered its civil rights division to halt any ongoing litigation from the... Read More
My Cat Is Afraid of Muddy Waters Jan. 24, 2025
Every newspaper columnist in America is expected to write 800 words every week about President Donal... Read More
Attempts at a Technological Solution To Disinformation Will Do More Harm Than Good Dec. 30, 2024
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
There is widespread concern today about the use of generative AI and deepfakes to create fake videos... Read More
Who Can Trust White House Reporters Who Hid Biden's Infirmity? Dec. 25, 2024
Even after The Wall Street Journal published a four-byline bombshell detailing how President Joe Bid... Read More
