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Letter From Home: “Ellis Peters And The Treasure Hunt That Begins After Midnight” 10/29/26
Few pleasures are more satisfying than the late-night search for a new book. The house is quiet. The television has long since lost its appeal. I didn’t want to run upstairs to wander the shelves, so I took my Kindle and started perusing the offerings. Earlier this year, a friend gave away a couple of… Continue reading
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The Harry Truman Moment For Madison’s Independent Police Monitor Interim Chair Aeiramique Glass
Madison has spent months watching controversy swirl around Independent Police Monitor interim Chair Aeiramique Glass. What began as disputes over her conduct and what professionalism means has grown into a larger question: What happens when a public official seems to believe the rules that govern everyone else don’t quite apply to her? In just the… Continue reading
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Martha Mitchell And Roy Acuff (And George Bush, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan)
After reading my article about the Department of Justice listening to a two-hour spiel on why Richard Nixon and Watergate defendants were somehow treated unfairly in the legal process in the 1970s, a reader sent me the following photographs. (This reader knows I am a fan of how the Grand Ole Opry once was, and… Continue reading
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Fifty Years Later, Donald Trump’s DOJ Trying To Break Into Watergate History
Readers who have followed this little place on the internet highway for years know I’ve been a Richard Nixon history buff for decades. Today we had sunshine after two days of rain, so while I was outside with a book and coffee, James opened a door and said, “You will not believe what I am… Continue reading
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The Heartland Calls For Republicans To Find Their Foundation
The conservative-leaning Chicago Tribune editorial board (a truly worthwhile daily use of time with solid writing and sharp ideas to balance a day’s input of viewpoints) opined today the feckless Republican Party is simply unable to find its spine and slap down Donald Trump. Trump also campaigned heavily on tackling inflation and the cost of… Continue reading
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The Midterm Mistake Machine: Republicans Keep Creating Their Own Problems
The official White House document for the new AI safety agreement contains a prominent typographical error, misspelling Donald Trump’s title as “President of the Unites States” instead of “United States”. As of Wednesday morning, the glaring error remained uncorrected. This is not a scandal or a headline story. The irony, however, is almost too perfect… Continue reading
