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Trump Brags That His Name Is 'Golden' but It's Just Fool's Gold Mar. 04, 2026
The United States' present president is like those egos who feel entitled to carve their name into e... Read More
Both Sides Now: The Cons and Pros of 'Operation Epic Fury' Mar. 03, 2026
A young lawyer once asked an old Washington hand what to expect when he went down to work for a U.S.... Read More
Trump Was Right to Attack Iran -- Wait, What Did I Just Say? Mar. 03, 2026
SAN DIEGO — Even a broken president can be right once or twice. As a result of the United Stat... Read More
Trump Exposed the Crazy Things Democrats Believe Mar. 02, 2026
It shouldn't have been a difficult decision. During his Tuesday State of the Union address, Preside... Read More
The Press vs. America Feb. 27, 2026
Alysa Liu is an American figure skater whose family fled China and faced harassment and persecution ... Read More
1 Hour and 47 Minutes Feb. 26, 2026
It clocked in as the longest State of the Union speech in history. Probably the only prize it could ... Read More
Jesse Jackson's Most Consequential Power Was Not His Oratory -- but His Vision Feb. 25, 2026
In 1988, I was one of only two white elected Democratic officials in all of America to endorse Jesse... Read More
Love for Sale: Qatar's Cash Comes a-Calling Feb. 24, 2026
Former U.S. Congressman Barney Frank used to mock those pretending not to be influenced by cash funn... Read More
Judicial Tyranny is a Threat to the Rule of Law Feb. 23, 2026
Just because someone is wearing a black robe doesn't mean they're upholding the rule of law. Conside... Read More
Equal Time and the Public Interest Feb. 21, 2026
Stephen Colbert was right to be mad. His bosses at CBS put the kabosh on an interview he wanted to d... Read More
Equal, Fair and Farce Feb. 20, 2026
When NBC affiliates in Tennessee showed the movie "Necessary Roughness" in 1994, those affiliates we... Read More
It's Not a Big Job ... Feb. 19, 2026
It's just that they are so shameless about it. On Thursday, the Commission of Fine Arts will welcome... Read More
Putin on the Potomac: A Grand Jury Says 'Nyet' Feb. 17, 2026
Time was when throwing your political opponents into prison on trumped-up charges was the deplorable... Read More
Turning Point Halftime Show Scores a Touchdown Feb. 17, 2026
The Seattle Seahawks held up the Lombardi trophy, but the biggest winner on Super Bowl Sunday was Tu... Read More
Judge Richard J. Leon Feb. 14, 2026
My hero for the week is yet another federal district judge, who is holding the line on the worst of ... Read More
The Self-Inflicted Wound Feb. 13, 2026
On the night of Sept. 21, 1788, Austrian hussars scouting for the Ottoman Army stumbled upon gypsies... Read More
We Can Always Trust What the Pentagon Says, Right? Feb. 11, 2026
Years ago, when I announced that I was leaving my job as editor of The Texas Observer to run for pol... Read More
Georgia on His Mind: The Would-Be Election Rigger Revs It Back Up Feb. 10, 2026
For five years, President Donald Trump has peddled the false, justly ridiculed claim that the 2020 e... Read More
Bad Bunny Promoted Love and Unity -- MAGA Slapped Back With Hate and Racism Feb. 10, 2026
Introducing the Bad Bunny backlash. On Super Bowl Sunday, the real losers were the estimated five mi... Read More
This One Speaks for Itself, etc. Feb. 07, 2026
Why would the President of the United States post a video of former President Barack Obama and the f... Read More
