John Bolton had good reason not to speak out sooner
(June 18) Just about everyone in the U.S. public square is criticizing John Bolton for waiting until now to tell of his experiences with President Trump. Just about everyone is […]
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On Bolton’s book, AG Barr threatened First Amendment
(June 17) The Justice Department’s attempt to suppress publication of The Room Where It Happened, the new memoir by former national security adviser John Bolton, is constitutionally dangerous. By approving […]
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Senate Republicans burned by Bolton’s book
(June 18) Every Senate Republican except for Mitt Romney now owns every single damaging revelation about President Trump reported in the memoir of former national security adviser John Bolton. Those […]
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Flag Day honors that which should unify us
(June 14 official editorial of the Washington Examiner) June 14 is Flag Day and the commemoration should remind us that we need a unifying symbol now more than ever. The […]
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Don’t defund police; just reform (some of) them
(June 8) Police departments should not be defunded, but they should be reformed. Some reforms should be able to attract broad consensus. Herewith, then, are the ideas that should be […]
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Military base names should not be sacrosanct
(June 10) President Trump has taken a morally and historically unacceptable position in saying his administration “will not even consider” the renaming of military bases now named after Confederate generals. […]
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Rodney King sends note to my readers (figuratively speaking)
Why can’t we all just get along? Those famous, admirable, and heartfelt words of a troubled and far from blameless Rodney King, the victim of a famous police beating in […]
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Defending Drew Brees and the police.
Context, people, context! There really was nothing wrong with Drew Brees’ full statement (June 3): The thought police blasting quarterback Drew Brees today should spike their own outrage. Brees is […]
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So-called conservatives acting badly: Three columns
If conservatism is (wrongly) conflated with strong-man tactics defending “order” ahead of most other considerations, then that sort of conservatism must be opposed — especially where it is dishonest. Herewith, […]
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Americans need a third candidate for president
[June 1] President Trump’s entirely counterproductive, even dangerous, response to the current nationwide unrest makes even more evident the desperate need for a third candidate of substance to enter the […]
