Not One Network Should Have Aired Trump’s Immigration Speech

January 9, 2019

The president is going to demonize the media no matter what they do. So what do they have to lose by doing the right thing?

Paul Ryan Was a Villain And No One Will Miss Him

December 20, 2018

The outgoing House speaker’s entire career was a cash grab for billionaires, capped off by a low trick to literally starve children in Yemen.

It’s Good to Argue About Dead Presidents

December 5, 2018

New debates, especially on the national security state, bring new vibrancy to our civic life. In death, even flawed politicians can do us that final service.

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The Iraq War Should Be a Much Bigger Part of McCain’s Legacy Than His ‘Civility’

August 28, 2018

The “straight talk” people praise McCain for is actually what most of them can’t stand about politicians: They say noble words but cast ignoble votes.

Trump Snubbed McCain. The Media Snubbed the Rest of Us.

August 15, 2018

The media treated Trump's petty snub of John McCain as a bigger controversy than the $717 billion Pentagon bill named for the Arizona senator.

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Nevermind the Wall — They’re Building Warehouses

June 7, 2018

The newest plank of immigration enforcement? Piling children into overcrowded detention centers.

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