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Round Up the Parents; Lose the Children Jun. 06, 2018
This is a story about children, but first I have to tell you what happened to the adults who love th... Read More
Immigration Policy Both Nasty and Ineffectual Jun. 05, 2018
President Trump's sound and fury on immigration has delivered close to nothing. Trump never lets up,... Read More
Boehner's Right -- It's Trump's Party Now Jun. 05, 2018
"There is no Republican Party. There's a Trump party," John Boehner told a Mackinac, Michigan, gathe... Read More
Trump Grants Mercy with Little Input from Justice Department Jun. 05, 2018
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump asserted Monday that he has "the absolute right to PARDON ... Read More
Tariffs Don't Enhance National Security. They Harm It Jun. 03, 2018
American motorists have never had it so good. Cars and trucks are better than ever, and their prices... Read More
Trump Flirts With Pardons and Prison Reform Jun. 03, 2018
WASHINGTON — Reality TV star Kim Kardashian visited the White House Wednesday to urge Presiden... Read More
Danger of Authoritarianism May Come From the Center, Not the Right Jun. 01, 2018
"Across Europe and North America, centrists are the least supportive of democracy, the least committ... Read More
A Better Way Toward Reducing Student Loan Debt Jun. 01, 2018
Everyone knows there's no such thing as a free lunch — let alone a free college education, som... Read More
Children, 'Animals' and Immigrants Jun. 01, 2018
Maybe you've seen the video of the hero the French have dubbed "Spider-Man." When he saw a toddler d... Read More
Roseanne, Trump and the Myth of Conservatives' Racism Jun. 01, 2018
Roseanne Barr posted what many are convinced was a racist tweet, and ABC summarily canceled her sitc... Read More
The Disinformation Campaign Jun. 01, 2018
The human mind can focus on only so much — and President Donald Trump has been exploiting this... Read More
Roseanne's Spontaneous Combustion Jun. 01, 2018
Who knew we would look back at Roseanne Barr's crotch-grabbing massacre of the national anthem in 19... Read More
Is the Investigation of President Trump Legitimate? May. 31, 2018
This past weekend, President Donald Trump and the most visible member of his legal team, former New ... Read More
Roseanne Barr and the Persistence of Prejudice May. 31, 2018
The tweet that caused an uproar that led to the cancellation of Roseanne Barr's ABC sitcom was a rem... Read More
Dumping Roseanne: Quick, Dirty and Smart May. 31, 2018
Roseanne Barr's divorce from civilization started 28 years ago. Given the honor of singing the natio... Read More
Getting What She Deserves May. 31, 2018
Hurray for ABC. Hurray for Valerie Jarrett. And good riddance to Roseanne. If you had any remaining... Read More
Trump and 'the Truth' May. 30, 2018
A once-upon-a-time voice for journalistic respectability, the Columbia Journalism Review, has consig... Read More
We Already Knew This About Roseanne Barr May. 30, 2018
It was the fall of 1989. Or maybe the following spring. I remember the rising heat in the room but n... Read More
The Mojo of Trumponomics May. 29, 2018
T.S. Eliot famously wrote that April is the cruelest month, but when it comes to America's fiscal pi... Read More
Snowflake Kitten May. 28, 2018
"The last P, well, that's not that simple It's sorta like another way to call a cat a kitten" ̵... Read More
