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Which Scandal Gets Defined as a 'Distraction'? Aug. 06, 2025
There's something funny in scandal politics when people accuse each other of pushing a "distraction.... Read More
Welcome, Shepherd: An American Pope Who Can't Be Put In A Box May. 13, 2025
SAN DIEGO — Just when I thought I was out of the Catholic Church, something extraordinary R... Read More
We Need a Book on the Scandal of Biden's Decline Feb. 28, 2025
CNN host Jake Tapper announced that he and Axios reporter (and CNN analyst) Alex Thompson have a boo... Read More
Are Trump Scandals Just Endless Hours of Noise? Jul. 19, 2024
On July 15, the opening day of the Republican convention, federal judge Aileen Cannon dismissed spec... Read More
Hillary Clinton's Conspiracy Privilege May. 15, 2024
It's hard to watch the incessant gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Donald Trump trial in Manhattan with... Read More
The Making of a Banana Republic May. 10, 2024
It is a presidential election year and a leading candidate for president of the United States, who a... Read More
Mind-Blowing Corruption -- With More To Come May. 10, 2024
Nobody likes Big Oil, a monopolistic and heavily polluting industry with a legendary history of abus... Read More
Sex on Trial Apr. 18, 2024
Paying "hush money" to keep an extramarital affair quiet is not a crime. And falsifying business rec... Read More
Success Is Not Just About Skill and Talent Dec. 28, 2023
We were the best of friends from the time we met in the second grade. We had common interests, espec... Read More
Trump's an 'Insurrectionist' -- But Hillary Was Exercising Free Speech Dec. 21, 2023
The "insurrectionist" clause of the 14th Amendment says, "No person shall be a Senator or Representa... Read More
Elite Colleges Defend Antisemitism Dec. 14, 2023
After Hamas' Oct. 7 terror attack against Israel, which, according to the Israel's prime minister's ... Read More
Yes, Anti-Zionism Is Antisemitism Dec. 12, 2023
Imagine a group of people who work to destroy Italy because, they claim, Italy's origins are illegit... Read More
'America First'? Or 'America Only'? Nov. 21, 2023
I am a strong advocate of America First. Indeed, I believe the citizens of every country should put ... Read More
Community Colleges and Trade Schools Are Largely Void of Israel-Hamas Protests Nov. 21, 2023
TV host Mike Rowe said that eight years ago, he was switching the news channels on his television an... Read More
The Barbarians Are Inside the Gates Nov. 15, 2023
This weekend marked Armistice Day in Great Britain and Veterans Day in the United States. Both are s... Read More
The Middle Oct. 25, 2023
The easiest moral place to stand is in the middle. Standing in the middle is comforting. It grants y... Read More
Congress' Perverse Incentive Structure Oct. 04, 2023
This week, a small coterie of House Republicans moved, along with all House Democrats, to oust Speak... Read More
There Probably Needs to Be a Law Sep. 22, 2023
In 2020, two professors and a group of students at Cornell University sent 32,398 emails and handwri... Read More
Pulp Fiction: Bowing to Trump, the GOP Launches a Phony Impeachment Inquiry Sep. 19, 2023
A political gaffe, journalist Michael Kinsley once said, is what happens when a politician accidenta... Read More
Do Sex Scandals Matter? Sep. 18, 2023
"The Jerry Springer Show" has been off the air for years, but you'd never know it to judge by the st... Read More
