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The night of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination Bobby Kennedy appeared at a public event in Indianapolis and quelled a potential riot. What he...
Well, we finally know who to blame. President Joe Biden unexpectedly (for the White House press pool, at least) showed up on the Howard Stern Sirius...
Donald Trump. Those two words spoken out loud can elicit an emotional response on par with the worst invectives, curses or insults you can conjure. ...
You can’t expect transparency from our government. This is especially true when it comes to the so-called Havana syndrome – a generic term used...
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. In my mind, I was traveling through the hot, dry landscape of Nevada and headed toward the mecca of...
“So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You’d better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can’t rearrange the...
Ultimatum: n. a final proposition, condition or demand Especially: one whose rejection will end negotiations and cause a resort to force or...
As divisive as politics have become in this country, there is one thing upon which most people agree: The media sucks. We’ve heard it all: The New...
Let’s call her Barbara. She doesn’t want to use her real name for reasons that will become clear. She lives in Virginia, has voted for Donald...
Anyone else ready for a time out for an important commercial message or a snack – because I’m worn out. Tuesday showed the tale of two...
Our government lies. Two and a half years ago, while doing some research, I filed a Freedom of Information (FOIA) request for information on former...
America has lost its collective mind. Some will argue that we lost it years ago and they may be right. Today we are saturated by “truth...
I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m already tired of the presidential election campaign and it’s just mid-March. And I like politics. ...
“We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline.” Nikki is out. The race is on. For the second time in...
The real issue about this year’s general election is about to jump out and bite us hard where we don’t want to be bitten. Members of the Biden...
Senator Mitch McConnell, the political Louisville Lip is finally giving up his spot as the top Senate Republican. It is a blessing and a curse as...
The most disturbing thing I’ve ever heard a president say did not come from Donald Trump. It came from Joe Biden. Speaking with reporters in...
We live in a land of abounding quackeries and if we do not learn how to laugh, we succumb to the melancholy disease which afflicts the race of...
Just before Donald Trump stepped into a New York courtroom Thursday, he stopped and spoke with reporters. He ranted. He raved. He didn’t make much...
If you are a partisan and you’re not angry by the time you finish reading this, then I haven’t done my job. After a special prosecutor recently...
Once, while standing in a press scrum at the Capitol many years ago, I watched Joe Biden take questions for about 20 minutes from a gaggle of...
Welcome to the whirlwind. Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Democrat and constitutional lawyer, says he doesn’t believe the Republicans can win this...
Ecclesia semper reformada. One of the saddest stories I covered years ago in Texas reminds me of politics today. The local constabulary put down a...
Fearlessly, the idiot faced the crowd, smiling Merciless, the magistrate turns 'round, frowning And who's the fool who wears the crown? ...
To rule is easy, to govern difficult -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe At the end of the day, you have to wonder if Texans are comfortable being a...
When you believe in things You don't understand Then you suffer Superstition ain't the way, yeah — Stevie Wonder Donald...
In the past, Iowa has been a presidential proving ground that separates the wheat from the chaff. Iowa Januaries in the Hawkeye State can turn any...
This country has not progressed, politically at any rate, since the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Nine deaths are linked to the...
Welcome to 2024. What a brave new world. The White House conducted its first press briefing of the new year on Wednesday.Press secretary Karine...
The end of 2023 is beginning to look like the end of the first act of a Greek tragedy, but with the world being laid low, and not just a romantic...
He's as blind as he can be Just sees what he wants to see Nowhere man, can you see me at all - John Lennon/Paul McCartney Moments...
It’s that time of the year. In New Hampshire, the temperature is hovering around the freezing mark. The halls are decked with boughs of holly. The...
I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires — Khalil Gibran I went...
“Every generation of Americans has had to fight to protect some aspect of our democracy in one way or another. Now's our time.” – ...
The first time I interviewed Henry Kissinger, he began the conversation by saying, “I, of course, realize that you’ve read everything I’ve ever...
Exactly one year from now, we will all be gathered for Thanksgiving. In addition to the traditional thanks offered for family, friends and loved ones,...
Each Thanksgiving my family goes through an extended ritual of talking about things we’ve been thankful for during the previous year. This all...
Everyone is angry. I’m watching people snap. Late last week, when I was stopped at a red light, a naked man streaked past me on the crosswalk,...
Democracy is a legitimate form of government for one very important reason: It works. It worked to the detriment of the Republican Party in local...
Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s former fixer and personal attorney, has been called a lot of things over the years. Today, he is primarily known as...
Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s former fixer and personal attorney, has been called a lot of things over the years. Today, he is primarily known as...
The world inches closer to a war that only psychopaths want to see. On Tuesday the FBI issued a warning that the chance of staged terrorist attacks in...
The clowns continue to burn down their circus. Late Tuesday, the clowns started whispering, “Who is Mike Johnson?” That murmur spread across the...
It is said that the first casualty of war is the truth. Truth? Who knows. Facts? Definitely. The House of Representatives has been at war with itself...
I think I finally understand George Carlin. He said that when he finally came to a certain awareness about humanity it freed him to make observations...
At a funeral for a dear friend on Wednesday, his widow approached me and said she didn’t know who she was anymore. She was used to being a couple,...
The next time you get a chance to talk to a member of Congress, ask them who they think their peers are. If they answer "my constituents," you may...
This is the end, beautiful friend This is the end, my only friend The end of our elaborate plans The end of everything that stands — Jim...
Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota is known for a lot of things. She is the author of four books, she's a longtime civil rights defender and she made an...
Every two weeks or so, some scientific journal publishes a new article that implies our reality might just be a computer simulation or a game on some...