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Truth Has Become the Bell That No One Rings
Watched, Tracked, and Targeted Life in Gaza Under Israel’s All-Encompassing Surveillance Regime.
The Orange Man Introduces America’s First ‘Weaponized’ Presidency
Too Much Madness in the World Is Unsustainable
The Epstein Files Are Yet Another Me-Too Moment
When a Couple Hundred Million Is Pocket Change
On the Subject of Communal Restaurant Tables, Do as the Italians Do
A Presidency Sinks Because of Its Own Stupidity
Hanging My Emotional Laundry Out to Dry
We’ve Finally Tickled the Earth, and She Is Laughing.
It’s Sunday, and I Spent Most of Today Combobulating
Not to Worry About the Orange Man’s Moves at the White House
I Am Now a Proud Member of the One Percent
I Don’t Care If It Rains or Freezes, as Long as I Got My AI Jesus
Competitive Authoritarianism, an All-Too-Fancy Name for Putting Your Thumb on the Scales
In a Nation of Law, What the Hell Does ‘Presidential Immunity’ Even Mean?
Matt Black (One of 22) Wins 2025 MacArthur Fellowship
Why Is It That Automobile Designers Insist on Touchscreens?
When Crudity and Narcissism Takes Over, Led by an American President, We Approach a National Abyss.
Knowing He’s Set to Lose Next Year’s Mid-Term Elections, Trump Fiddles with the Goal-Posts
New Bill Would Give Marco Rubio “Thought Police” Power to Revoke U.S. Passports
When I Wasn’t Looking, All Media Became Fox News
Having Been Unable to Strengthen Justice, We Have Justified Strength.
With Premiums Set to Rise, a Reminder: Medicare for All Would Save $650 Billion Annually
Why the Magic of the Epstein Tapes?
Sorry ’bout That, Donald, but US Manufacturing Ain’t Comin’ Back
Capitalism's Total Loss of Control. Another Chop-Shop, Private Equity
At a Time of Crisis, Congress Ran like Rabbits. Now They’re Back and We’re No Longer Safe.
Too Many Plot Twists for a Believable Novel
Born in 1935, I’ve Just Been Told I’m Exceptionally Rare.
The Conundrum of Trump and Elon’s Downsizing
Too Late to Blame Chief Justice John Roberts, After America’s Regard for the Law Has Failed
My Problem with Autonomous Driving and, in Particular, the Robo Taxi
The United Nations Hosts a Laughable ‘Emergency Meeting’
The Old ‘Not Taking It Lightly’ Routine
Screaming at the Storm, or a Quiet Port in the Tempest
“A Number of Complex Issues” That Are Not Very Complex
Let’s Change the Political Conversation
The ICE Goon Patrols, Who the Hell Are These People?
The Interesting History of Democrat Fecklessness
It Is Error Only, and Not Truth, That Shrinks from Inquiry –
While Elon Was Busy Elsewhere, Finland Invented a Sand Battery
Not Giving a Damn, but with a Smile
As the Supreme Court Abandons America, It’s Not Wrong to Evoke 1933 Nazi Germany and Hitler
Voice of America Is Gone, a Voice Once Listened to from Under a Pillow
If Conservative Republicans Want to Survive, They Better Start Conserving Something
Kim Jong Un Trump Reviews the Troops
Sen. Padilla Thrown to Floor, and Handcuffed at Kristi Noem Press Event
Now Let the Courts, Including the Supreme Court, Try to Enforce Their Rulings
If the Amazon Rainforest Is Declining, Why Is Amazon.com Not Building a New One?
Whatever Happened to Patronage?
Nationalizing Boeing May be Its Best Way Out
Hypernormalization Is the New Normal
How is “the expanding and holding of territories In Gaza” not occupation?
It’s Harry Trumans Birthday Today, and He’s a Taurus, Just like Me. I’m Rather Proud of That.
DOGE Usurps the Constitutional Powers of Congress
4% Bureaucrats Face Off Against 42% Military Spending
Donald Trump, a Man-Made Crisis
When Does Manipulation of the Markets Become Insider-Trading?
Hegseth Delivers ‘Peace Through Strength Initiative’ Message to Pentagon
A Quick Link to a Video to Brighten You Take On the World
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
Who the Hell Redefined What It Means to Be a Conservative?
An American Gestapo Is on the Streets and, Worldwide, Jews and Universities Should Be Alarmed.
Here’s an Article I Wrote Ten Yeras Ago and Nothing’s Changed
The U.S. Congress Can’t Cut Its Way to Avoiding a Debt Armageddon
National Security No Longer a Trump-Musk Administration Concern
Republicans Have Become 'Tired' of the War in Ukraine
“You Were Given the Choice Between War and Dishonor. You Chose Dishonor and You Will Have War”
Mike Royko, the Genesis of a Writer (Part Two)
Mike Royko, the Genesis of My Writing Life
This Is a Speculative Column. Is It All Right to Speculate?
U.S. Diplomacy by Extortion Gets Blindsided at Its Very First Crossroad
Vengeance Is Mine Saith the President
Extortion Is the New Diplomacy and Ukraine Is its Latest Victim
A Guest Post: Trump disgraces the world
The Threat of Tariffs, Intimidation Diplomacy, by an Intimidator
Trump’s ‘Own Goals’ Are Enabling China Worldwide
The Inspiring Eloquence of Elon Musk
Forget the First Hundred Days, the Orange Man Throws All the Shit at the Wall Immediately
Those We Neglect to Thank in Life
If You Torture Them Sufficiently, Polls Will Confess to Anything
2025, the Year the Economic 1% Planted Their Flag
The California Grid Ran on 100% Renewables with No Blackouts or Cost Rises for a Record 98 Days