The First Amendment also protects liars
Every once in a while, the unbiased application of consistent principles and values such as those embodied in the First Amendment requires an honest columnist to defend the rights even […]
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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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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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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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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 […]
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Even a bad Walker is better than a bad Warnock
(Nov. 29) Georgia Republican Herschel Walker isn’t fit to serve in the Senate, but neither is incumbent radical Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock. For voters in the broad political middle, the […]
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ISIS may be reborn, and it would be Trump’s fault
(Nov. 25) ISIS terrorists may soon make a comeback, and former President Donald Trump will bear a significant portion of the blame. A Fox News story Friday lays out the […]
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How Congress can make vote-counting more efficient
(Nov. 14) Congress can and should take some actions that would rein in the worst of the problems causing the absurdly slow ballot counting in six western states. Most directly, […]
