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Embrace Partisanship, Encourage Censorship Oct. 06, 2023
We already know partisanship can be toxic. It also has some overlooked side effects. Team politics &... Read More
Courting Dissolution: An Unprincipled Gang of Justices Threatens to Take America Down Jul. 05, 2022
In December 2000, then-Rep. Edward Markey was at a charity dinner in Boston, and the conversation tu... Read More
The Court's New Clothes May. 25, 2022
Public opinion of the Supreme Court's job performance is plummeting: Only 40% of Americans give the ... Read More
Three Women Lighting The Supreme Darkness Feb. 02, 2022
The new liberal wing of the Supreme Court, if all goes according to White House plan, will be just t... Read More
The Republican Supremes Are Defrocking Themselves Nov. 03, 2021
Ralph Waldo Emerson told about a dinner guest in his home who spent the entire evening prattling on ... Read More
Facebook Stokes Anger for Profit. Congress Can Demand it Cool Things Down. Oct. 08, 2021
Facebook doesn't just provide a platform for those who spread disinformation and toxic discourse ... Read More
Geoff No Diehl Oct. 08, 2021
Ever since Geoff Diehl slouched north from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to Massachusetts, he's been the ... Read More
Biden Administration Strategic Errors Led to Afghan Debacle Sep. 17, 2021
Credit Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, with posing the critical question during Secretary of State Antony... Read More
Free Speech, or a Recognized Right To Be Disruptive and Rude? Sep. 07, 2021
Radical right members of local councils and school boards around the country are energized like neve... Read More
The Crisis of Our Third Century Aug. 27, 2021
As a global pandemic raged and governments began locking down and sheltering citizens in place, the ... Read More
Snark Attack: The Afghanistan Blame Game Obscures an Urgent Need To Restore American Credibility Aug. 24, 2021
In the spring of 1999, when the government of Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic had killed tens o... Read More
Bleak Values Build a Bleak Future Aug. 15, 2021
Being sick is sometimes the best opportunity to catch up on shows that I normally can't sneak into m... Read More
If Trump Were President, Not One Democrat in America Would Be Vaccinated Aug. 15, 2021
This is madness. Forced vaccination with an experimental "for emergency use only" shot has precipita... Read More
Two Californias Clash in a Divided House: Pelosi Versus McCarthy Aug. 07, 2021
Attention readers: Mark Shields is off this week. Please enjoy the following column by Jamie Stiehm.... Read More
Two Californias Clash in a Divided House: Pelosi Versus McCarthy Aug. 04, 2021
WASHINGTON — It's a first in American history: The speaker of the House and the minority leade... Read More
The Murder Rate Rose in Republican Cities, Too Jul. 29, 2021
If you're worried by the rise in violent crime — a real and troubling phenomenon — don't... Read More
Past Time to Fight Back Apr. 07, 2021
This week, on the basis of whole-cloth lies, major corporations went to political war with the state... Read More
Needed From Democrats: A Realistic Case for Optimism Apr. 03, 2021
The differences between an ideologue — someone who subscribes completely to a political ideolo... Read More
Too Much Risk Aversion Is Too Risky Apr. 02, 2021
"This is not politics," President Joe Biden said last week. "Reinstate the mandate if you let it dow... Read More
Time to Move on From Anger Feb. 08, 2021
Saturday marked President Ronald Reagan's 110th birthday. Without Reagan, the outcome of the Cold Wa... Read More
