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At Stanford, a Teachable Moment on Civil Discourse Is Squandered Apr. 13, 2023
The ongoing controversy at Stanford University Law School over the student shout-down of a conservat... Read More
GOP 'Preemption' Is a Euphemism for Creeping Autocracy Apr. 12, 2023
It's always instructive to hear powerful political officials declare that in the name of democracy, ... Read More
Smell Test Alert: The Embarrassing Case of Clarence Thomas Gets More Embarrassing Apr. 11, 2023
When President George H.W. Bush chose Clarence Thomas to replace Thurgood Marshall on the U.S. Supre... Read More
Big News! Republicans Do Have an Idea: Bring Back Child Labor! Apr. 05, 2023
I have to concede one point: Today's far-right Republican party does not discriminate against women.... Read More
The Day That Justice Comes for Trump, One Senator Never Surrenders Apr. 05, 2023
WASHINGTON — Mark the moment in time, the day the jam of justice broke for former President Do... Read More
Multiple Bookings: Mr. 'Lock Her Up' Ponders A Lockup Apr. 04, 2023
If there's anyone who embraces the strategy "The best defense is a good offense" more fiercely and m... Read More
At The Ramparts: Under Siege from Autocrats and Crooks, Fighters for Democracy Hang Tough Mar. 28, 2023
The fight to preserve democracy around the world has come to resemble Whac-A-Mole, with autocrats wi... Read More
Brash Young Governor Trumps Trump Mar. 22, 2023
The ace Gov. Rick DeSantis brings to the 2024 Republican table is simple: he won't be indicted any d... Read More
Take a Whiff of Elon Musk's Ecological Paradise Mar. 22, 2023
Exciting news, people: Utopia is on the rise! Space Commander Elon Musk has announced that His Mag... Read More
Arresting Developments: Donald Trump Prepares to Face the Music Mar. 21, 2023
Sir Walter Scott's famous line about what a tangled web it is that we weave when first we practice t... Read More
The Civil War I Grew Up With Mar. 16, 2023
WASHINGTON — With all the talk about the discovery of mass burial graves in faraway Ukraine, t... Read More
Get Ready for Roving Bands of Book-Banners Coming to Your Town Mar. 15, 2023
Not so long ago, book burnings were considered a festive group activity by assorted right-wing zealo... Read More
Biden's Dilemma: To Run With Harris Again? Mar. 15, 2023
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is bound to run for reelection, and so he should. The real qu... Read More
Indecent Exposure: The Rot That Is the Republican Party Reclaims Center Stage Mar. 14, 2023
Former Vice President Mike Pence made news last Saturday by saying something that shouldn't have bee... Read More
Florida Is Being Run By 1980s Movie Bullies Mar. 11, 2023
Everybody cut the sleeves off your jean jackets? Pressed your double-breasted blazers? Hung an unlit... Read More
Thinking About Biden's Age Mar. 10, 2023
In late 2019, Politico asked a high-ranking Biden aide about the candidate's age. "If Biden is elect... Read More
What To Do Now About Fox 'News' Mar. 10, 2023
Ever since Fox News Channel launched in 1996 with a slogan that was an aggressive lie — "Fair ... Read More
Are the Women in Your State Legislature Properly Attired? Mar. 08, 2023
Many of today's right-wing governors and state legislators have a problem. By constantly pushing an ... Read More
Suffrage March Tied to Our Times Mar. 08, 2023
"Votes for Women!" was a showdown between Alice Paul, 28, versus Woodrow Wilson, 56, which opened wi... Read More
Fake Indignation Over East Palestine Mar. 03, 2023
While the citizens of a small Ohio village suffer in the aftermath of a train derailment that spille... Read More
