Roy Blunt and the Cowardice of the GQP Establishment
Kevin McDermott of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch excoriated retiring Senator Roy Blunt as a symbol of a cowering GQP establishment that failed to stand up...
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How the U.S. Supreme Court Could Save the Nation
I wrote this article a few weeks ago. I submitted it to two major newspapers as an opinion piece. The editors at both newspapers said...
Jeff Bryant: Biden Has a “Golden Opportunity” to Strengthen Public Education
Jeff Bryant wrote in the LA Progressive about President Biden’s “golden opportunity” to strengthen public education by throwing out two decades of failed “reforms.” As...
FBI Arrest UCLA Student Who Participated in Trump Riot at Capitol, Sat in Pence’s Chair
The Los Angeles Times reported on the latest FBI arrest of one of the domestic terrorists who participated in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol:...
Florida Editorial: Republicans Have Betrayed the Nation
The Sun-Sentinel in South Florida wrote a scathing editorial about the Senate Republicans who failed to convict Trump of inciting an insurrection that endangered the...
Steve Chapman: Trump and His Allies Have Damaged Our Democracy
Steve Chapman is a member of the editorial board of The Chicago Tribune. He wrote here what I was thinking. Trump did profound damage to...
Bob Shepherd: A Commemoration in Honor of Trump
Bob Shepherd recognizes that Trump has left behind many memories, many additions to our dictionary, many new linguistic expressions. In this post, he remembers what...
The Terror of the Impeachment Trial
I was glued to the television yesterday, watching the impeachment trial in the Senate. It’s supposed to be a done deal: the Republicans are so...
Andrew Tobias: The Madness of Crowds
Andrew Tobias blogs occasionally, usually around 1 a.m., and he usually has interesting perspectives on politics, culture, and economics. This is a good one: The...