Ukraine, Patriot missile defense… and David Letterman?
Two pieces on Ukraine’s struggles and needs (with help from, yes, David Letterman). To read each full column follow the link embedded in each headline. Zelensky does Letterman, Dec. 19: […]
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At New Year’s, looking back and ahead
Five books to read in 2023, Dec. 25: If you are like me, you have more books on the shelves than you can ever read, which also means that when […]
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Trump awful, times two
The ‘Trump effect’ was poisonous for Republicans in 2022, Dec. 7. Herschel Walker’s 100,000-vote loss in Georgia puts the exclamation point on the “Donald Trump is electoral poison” narrative. If the former president had deliberately attempted to […]
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Miscellaneous posts: Griner, R.E. Lee, Sinema, plus….
Take 24 hours to welcome Britney Griner home, Dec. 8. — The prisoner swap that is bringing basketball player Brittney Griner home from Russia should spark invocation of a “24-hour […]
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Trump’s advocacy of constitutional evasion should be the last straw
(Dec. 5, 2022) Now that former president Donald Trump has called for the suspension of the Constitution when it suits his ends, every elected Republican should finally denounce Trump as […]
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Three on religious liberty… and the ROOT of it
All three of these columns sprang from the Senate’s consideration of a bill codifying the recognition of same-sex unions into federal law. The first is the most important, as it […]
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Auburn University asks: “Ethics? Ethics? Who cares?”
(Nov. 30) The rot in college football is evident again in Auburn University’s hiring of Hugh Freeze, a scandal-ridden cheater and liar, as its new head coach. Columnist Dan Wetzel […]
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Remembering Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie
(Nov. 30) It is with a real pang of sorrow that those of us of a certain age greet the news of the death of Christine McVie, songwriter and keyboardist […]
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Two arguments against the newest ‘special counsel’
There are two reasons the newest Justice Department special counsel, again looking into Donald Trump’s malfeasance, is a bad idea. First, it’s not a justified appointment. Second, the particular choice […]
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Three takes on Congress’ Republican leaders
I did not originally set out to write about each of these three Republican leaders — McConnell, McCarthy, and Scalise — in a concerted effort, but I wrote each one […]
