August 12 to 17 will be remembered as the week when Donald Trump abandoned the presidency of the United States. Confronted with the need to unite his country and relieve its pain, he chose division for its people and salt for its wounds, just as Adolf Hitler chose division and salt in Germany’s time of […]

What in the world are Republicans waiting for? Why are they unable to say aloud the words that could save them from eternal political damnation? Why are so many leading Republicans willing to condemn the nazi terror of Charlottesville but not Donald Trump for excusing and enabling—and yes, even encouraging—it? They must name him. Trump’s […]

The Justice Department Goes Fishing in DreamHost Case By The New York Times Editorial Board, Aug. 18, 2017 CreditDoug Chayka   Do you use the internet? Are you interested in politics? Do you value your privacy? If you answered yes, you should be alarmed by the shockingly broad search warrant sought by the Justice Department, and […]

Republicans in at least six GOP-controlled states have pushed for laws that would protect drivers who hit protesters, and Fox News just took down a video showing cars hitting protesters and suggesting that viewers “study the technique.”

On the morning after Donald Trump’s third Charlottesville statement, the one in which he reversed himself to legitimize American Nazi terrorism, much has already been written about these events. Here is a selection of the best. Vice News produced remarkable behind-the-scenes reporting on the ground in Charlottesville, both in print and–especially–a 22-minute video that I […]

By Patricia A. Rouzer Let us consider, shall we, why cable news is often absolute dreck? Case in point: yesterday’s tragedies in Charlottesville–both the unspeakable carnage downtown and the fatal crash of the State Police helicopter that killed two troopers. Yesterday, in late afternoon I saw stories on my computer about what was going on […]

Trump babbles in the face of tragedy By Michael Gerson Opinion writer, The Washington Post, August 12 at 10:17 PM One of the difficult but primary duties of the modern presidency is to speak for the nation in times of tragedy. A space shuttle explodes. An elementary school is attacked. The twin towers come down in […]

Who Ate Republicans’ Brains? Paul Krugman, The New York Times, JULY 31, 2017 When the tweeter-in-chief castigated Senate Republicans as “total quitters”for failing to repeal the Affordable Care Act, he couldn’t have been more wrong. In fact, they showed zombie-like relentlessness in their determination to take health care away from millions of Americans, shambling forward despite […]

Climate Shifts Aren’t Limited to the Weather By Thomas L. Friedman, The New York Times, AUG. 2, 2017   I have a simple view of governing today: We are in the middle of not one but three climate changes at once to which government must help citizens respond — and Donald Trump doesn’t have a clue […]

The Past Week Proves That Trump Is Destroying Our Democracy Credit Mark Pernice By YASCHA MOUNK, The New York Times, August 1, 2017 America is on its way to a full-blown constitutional crisis. Over just a few days last week, President Trump and his allies stepped up attacks on Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating the campaign’s […]