CIA Okays Release of the “Last” Vietnam Spy Story
Author’s Note: Last spring, just before the fiftieth anniversary of the fall of Saigon, I submitted a draft article, “The…
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Trump’s “Joe McCarthy” Act — And How to Fight Back
When I was a child in the Deep South, Joseph McCarthy’s voice floated through the dining room like smoke that…
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Damning Bibi Dangerously: When does criticism of his Gaza policies become antisemitism?
Author’s Note: This article was completed just before the outbreak of the Israel–Iran-US conflagration. How the crisis unfolds will inevitably…
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Lie, Lies and More Lies: Trump Turns Un-Truth into Policy
So many “facts” behind the administration’s hammer blows to our democratic norms and judicial system are just plain fiction. When…
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Who’s In Charge Here — the Oligarch or the Jester?
Author’s short take. Re: “Musk’s budget veto power could extend to auto and space regulations” – Axios, December 19, 2024….
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What Trump Sees in Kash Patel: Avid loyalty
Author’s short take Re: “What Trump sees in Kash Patel: Avid loyalty and a kindred spirit” – David Ignatius, The…
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Oligarchs, Moral Eunuchs and the Trump-Bewitched Media
In a recent mini-post, I faulted the mainstream media for allowing its fixation with whataboutism and contrived “balance” to get…
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Biden’s Pardon of Son Exposes Blindspot In Press’ Coverage of President-elect Trump
Author’s short take. Re: “President Biden pardons his son Hunter Biden” – CNN. Many reporters covering this story are so…
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1933 All Over Again? Of Course Not. But…
Welcome to the future, fellow Americans: An aborning autocracy of the deaf, damned and willfully innocent, the very prospect of…
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What Happens To Free Speech Now That Any President Can Safely Trash the Constitution?
Regarding yesterday’s abominable Supreme Court ruling on Presidential immunity: In all the public handwringing about it, no one has addressed…