Thoughts on Kash Patel for FBI Director

A dangerous choice that the Senate must reject.

The 51 Percent

How that awful man won again.

Freedom Caucus Chair’s Anti-Democratic Musings

Floating the idea that NC should just award its EVs to Trump.

“Oligarchy, The Rule of Law, and the Democratic Order”

Trump, Bezos, and the slippery slope of authoritarianism.

A Status Quo Election

Our long national nightmare is not over.

Gaza After Sinwar

Has the calculus of either side changed?

Eric Adams Indicted on Federal Corruption Charges

The first sitting New York City mayor to be so honored.

McMaster on Trump

His former National Security Advisor is not impressed.

Kamala Harris and Incumbency Curse

The sitting Vice President isn’t getting blamed for the economy.

Democrats Looking to Strike Back at Supreme Court

Impeach the Justices! Pack the Court!

SCOTUS Makes Corruption Easier

Apparently, ex post facto payments are cool.

TuesTabs

Three Elections

Voters in Mexico, India, and South Africa are making their voices heard.

Putin Escalates War Abroad While Purging Enemies at Home

The Russian autocrat is emboldened.

Iran’s President and Foreign Minister Killed in Helicopter Crash

A shocking development amidst regional turmoil.

Is Our Problem a Lack of Public Virtue?

Are we betraying the Founders?

A timely movie recommendation

A Man For All Seasons goes to the heart of our current political season

Daniel Kahneman, 1934-2024

The psychologist who won a Nobel in economics is gone at 90.

LaPierre’s Grift

Trump’s Mounting Legal Bills

He owes over half a billion so far. That creates significant conflicts of interest.

Biden ‘An Elderly Man with a Poor Memory’

A special counsel has declined to prosecute the President but his rationale was painful.

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More On The Potential Disqualification Of Fani Willis

More on the potential conflict of interest in Georgia

Biden: “Is Democracy Still America’s Sacred Cause?”

Making 2024 about 2021 and 1777.

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Claudine Gay Resigns as Harvard President

Repeated academic integrity violations led to her forced ouster.

Tabs/Takes

Israel at War: It’s a Reckoning

A roundup of news and opinon.

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The Corruption of Justice Thomas

We need reform.

Breaking the Ukraine Stalemate

Will taking the war to Moscow change Putin’s calculus?

Should The Press Pick a Side?

The mainstream media isn’t and shouldn’t become a counterpart to the right-wing infotainment complex.

Trump Meets The Press

It turns out, he wasn’t all that truthful.

Impeachment Rationalizations

Jonathan Turley’s defense of the impeachment inquiry is not impressive.

Does Comedy Have to be Based on Truth?

Hasan Minhaj is a serial liar. Does it matter?

Impeachment Toothlessness

A political trial for political crimes always yields a political result.

Colombia’s President Calls for End of War on Drugs

He is seeking a new regional consensus.

The Biden Impeachment Tantrum

The inmates are running the asylum.

Rank-Ordered Preferences

More thinking about the 2024 GOP primary.

The Injustice of Place

A new book looks at the confluence of geography and disadvantage.

More on Small Town Justice

A deep tradition rightly under scrutiny.

Neither Trump Nor DeSantis?

An unconvincing column from an old pro.

Meanwhile, Across the Pond…

Ends up that some mature democracies believe in letting legitimate legal proceedings to, well, proceed.

Trump’s Been Indicted. What Now?

We’re in uncharted waters.

The Education Senator Redux

Tuberville claims he was taken “out of context.”

China Calling in its Loans to Poor Countries

Debt-trap diplomacy has finally come home to roost.

Kyrsten Sinema Mixes Pleasure and Business

Running for office or just running?