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The Most Corrupt Justice

Monday, October 2, 2023

 The Supreme Court reconvenes today with Clarence Thomas, the most corrupt justice in its history, unabashedly taking his seat on the bench.    As ProPublica has reported, Thomas over 20 years travelled on billionaire Harlan Crow’s private jet, luxuriated on his …

Democracy and Video in the Dark

Sunday, February 26, 2023

Democracy dies when all a politician wants is power.   Two years after the January 6th insurrection, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has released 41,000 hours of Capitol security video exclusively to Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who has fed the lies that …

Page Two: Do the Right Thing

Tuesday, February 1, 2022

 Former Vice President Mike Pence could become a hero of American democracy, but he would rather be president.   Pence knows how Donald Trump attempted to overthrow the 2020 election because he would have been the instrument for doing it. Pence …

Page Two: Sound Recall

Monday, September 13, 2021

 California Gov. Gavin Newsom, one of the most skilled and competent politicians in America, faces a recall election tomorrow basically because he went to a fancy restaurant and had his picture taken without a protective mask during the pandemic.   And …

Page Two: Cuomo Must Go

Friday, August 13, 2021

  Let’s get after it. More than a week since the devastating sexual harassment report on the governor of New York, it’s amazing that Cuomo still has his job. Not Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who resigned, but his brother Chris, the CNN anchor who …

Trump and the Truth

Tuesday, November 3, 2020

  Donald Trump came down to the wire on election day doing what he does best, creating his own reality. He has said the Covid pandemic is nearly over, Joe Biden will make the US a socialist country, that he …

The “Great” President

Monday, March 30, 2020

Everything is “great” in the world of Donald Trump. Great jobs done, great people, great companies. In his briefing Sunday on the coronavirus pandemic Trump used the word “great” 45 times.   He said “I think great leadership is really working well,” …

The Wright Stuff

Saturday, February 29, 2020

Being a journalist is dangerous. Reporting involves war, shootouts in the street, and running toward the flames. The job of a reporter is being a witness to the world and telling the truth, but one of the biggest dangers is to speak …

Wind Chill and Hot Air

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

It’s cold out there, but fortunately the weather forecasters are warming us with hot air.    In the midst of the chill known as a polar vortex dipping deep into the center of the country, it’s hard to know what the …

The Mattis Letter

Friday, December 21, 2018

SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 3000 DEFENSE PENTAGON WASHINGTON, DC 2030i 41060                                                                                              December 20, 2018 Dear Mr. President:  I have been privileged to serve as our country’s 26th Secretary of Defense which has allowed me to serve alongside our men and women …