politics
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The United States Should Try Catching Up To Iran
Today, while watching the Saturday Night Live skit at the Defense Department, I had to laugh at the American swagger. I was not aware Colin Jost got up that early on a weekday. If one listened to the current Defense Secretary, one might conclude there has been little time for reading between swigs of whiskey.… Continue reading
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John Cornyn’s Words, A President’s Conduct, And The Question Of Character As Texas GOP Primary Draws Near
I predict that Senator John Cornyn will be defeated on Tuesday in the Texas Republican Senate primary, as Ken Paxton will send the incumbent senator packing after four terms. That is not a win for the state or the GOP, as the troubling (and troubled) attorney general is the weaker candidate for the general election.… Continue reading
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Iran Fiasco Is Proof Why VOA Matters
The killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the joint U.S.–Israeli strikes this weekend marks one of the most consequential geopolitical ruptures in decades, and it underscores—more starkly than ever—why a fully empowered Voice of America is not a luxury but a strategic necessity. The breaking of international law by Donald Trump and his administration, along… Continue reading
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The Crisis of Trust When Justice Is Withheld, Why Revealing Jeffrey Epstein Files About Donald Trump’s Alleged Criminal Sexual Behavior With A 13-Year-Old Girl Matters
When leaving a restaurant on Tuesday evening, I passed the bar and asked a man drinking a beer if he was taking a swallow for every lie Donald Trump uttered in his SOTU address. “Do you have any idea how many bottles I would need?” The moronic behavior and the raft of lies and mathematical… Continue reading
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SOTU: Why Aren’t Donald Trump’s Supporters Ecstatic Right Now?
One might assume that on the day of President Trump’s State of the Union address—one full year into his second term—his supporters would be basking in the warm glow of triumph. After all, this is the moment they fought for. The victory they insisted would restore greatness, stability, and a kind of mythic national order.… Continue reading
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Two Madison Teenagers Dead From Gun Violence, We Know Why It Happened
Tragic in every sense of the word. Even more tragic is that this type of story about gun violence is all too common. The teen murder-suicide on Madison’s East Side in which a 16-year-old died from his injuries Friday, the day after a 19-year-old man shot him and then killed himself. The 16-year-old was close… Continue reading
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Black History Vital To Understanding The American Story
I read the following segment in Empire of Liberty by David Reynolds and took a photo of a few paragraphs. It is a telling reminder of what our past looked like, felt like, and was like. This account follows the outbreak of World War II. I had copied that historical nugget and kept it in… Continue reading
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Supreme Court, Third Branch Of Government, Not To Be A Loyal Puppet For Autocratic Absurdity
Donald Trump views the Justice Department as his department of personal lawyers. (They are not any president’s lawyers.) He was outraged when he could not control Jeff Sessions, his attorney general, in 2017. Today, Trump filled his diaper to the brim on national television as he berated and trashed the Supreme Court. It was his… Continue reading
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