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Nominees Lie, Senators Close Eyes and America Pays Sep. 03, 2025
What's the point of Senate confirmation hearings? The testimony of nominees to judgeships and the ca... Read More
Trump's Cocktail of Racism and Spectacle: Shaken in L.A., Stirred in D.C. Aug. 20, 2025
Donald Trump sent National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles. As a follow-up, he deployed the ... Read More
For America, It's Time To Count What Really Counts Aug. 13, 2025
Donald Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics because he didn't like the numbers ann... Read More
It's Time To Start Thinking About Tomorrow (Again) Aug. 06, 2025
In 1992, Bill Clinton chose the Fleetwood Mac tune "Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow" as his campa... Read More
The Senate Kisses Trump's Ring Jul. 30, 2025
Evidence was offered in recent Senate hearings that judicial nominee Emil Bove told subordinates the... Read More
Superman, Not MAGA, Stands For the American Way Jul. 23, 2025
When I was a kid, I read "Superman" comics at the corner drugstore and watched reruns of the 1950s T... Read More
NYC Democratic Candidate Mirrors Trump's Campaign Strategy Jul. 16, 2025
The Democratic nominee's campaign for New York City mayor is a mirror image of Donald Trump's first ... Read More
No Defense for the Indefensible -- but Trump Team Tries Anyway Jul. 09, 2025
President Donald Trump and his acolytes need to learn that the days of falsely blaming the deep stat... Read More
Democracy Strikes Out Jul. 02, 2025
In Chief Justice John Roberts's opening statement at his confirmation hearing, he explained that jud... Read More
Iranian Regime Remains No Friend to Peace in Middle East Jun. 25, 2025
The proverb "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" goes back to Roman times. But being repeated throug... Read More
Russian and Iranian Threats Dim in Summer Brightness Jun. 18, 2025
Way back in 1919, the poet William Butler Yeats wrote of a time when the "centre cannot hold," and "... Read More
Is King Donald Pushing California Toward Independence? Jun. 11, 2025
In the spring of 1775, the royal governor of Massachusetts, appointed by King George III, commanded ... Read More
Antisemitism Raises Its Ugly, Un-American Head Jun. 04, 2025
Jews who came to the United States from Eastern Europe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries cel... Read More
Hey, Harvard! Pick Up the Phone and Call Canada May. 28, 2025
Harvard is the oldest American university. Its faculty has won more Nobel Prizes and educated more U... Read More
Progressives Anything but When It Comes to Israel May. 21, 2025
Before being accepted to a fraternity or sorority, inductees must take a pledge to uphold its belief... Read More
The Donald Trump Revenge Tour Is Underway May. 14, 2025
On April 23, 1992, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band Kiss started its Revenge Tour in San Francisc... Read More
Thinking About War and Peace -- All 1,224 Pages of It May. 07, 2025
It usually takes me a day to tap out a rough draft of this column, and I spend the next morning wres... 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
A Depraved Heart Lurks in the White House Apr. 23, 2025
New York courts have found President Donald J. Trump to be a felon and liar. Colorado courts found h... 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
