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Who Is on a Bigger Bender in Our Country: Voters or Elected Officials? Oct. 10, 2023
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania — On Sept. 29, 2020, Bethany Hallam, an Allegheny County elected offi... Read More
Pence Correctly Warns of the 'Siren Song of Populism' Engulfing His Party. Sep. 12, 2023
Mike Pence finally went there. In a New Hampshire speech Wednesday, the former vice president took o... Read More
One Day at a Time, One Year Later Aug. 20, 2023
In a year, the only real dicey interaction came during dinner with a parent of my kids' friend. He o... Read More
Ethics in Government Still Matters. Has Biden Forgotten His Promise of Reform? Jul. 27, 2021
One of the many lessons America should have learned from the catastrophic presidency of Donald Trump... Read More
Is This Normal? Jul. 15, 2021
Philosopher David Hume believed that man is a "habit-forming animal," and "all politics and history ... Read More
Of Donald and Nancy: Two Wrongs Plus One More Feb. 11, 2020
You could say, as I'm sure vast numbers have, that "Trump started it." But he didn't, because he did... Read More
Corrupting Our Social Norms Dec. 18, 2019
Here are several questions for biologists and medical professionals: If a person is found to have XY... Read More
Democrats, Keep Cool and Keep Calm Oct. 09, 2018
Americans are hurting as their country descends into dysfunction, polarization and widespread anger.... Read More
When Women's Dignity Counts for Zero Jun. 19, 2018
The woman soon to be Rudolph Giuliani's third ex-wife is not the most sympathetic of victims. Judith... Read More
Obama Administration's Spying on Trump a Departure From Norms May. 25, 2018
"F.B.I. Used Informant to Investigate Russia Ties to Campaign, Not to Spy, as Trump Claims," read th... Read More
Policy Can't Trump Undermining of Democratic Norms Nov. 03, 2017
For conservatives who support much of President Donald Trump's agenda but find his character and com... Read More
Culture and Social Pathology Jun. 17, 2015
A civilized society's first line of defense is not the law, police and courts but customs, tradition... Read More
