So now, after more than a decade of pretending that he is not associated with Russia and that he would honor the U.S.

There are reports circulating about an alleged CIA intelligence assessment that examines the possibility of civil unrest in Israel surrounding the October 27 elections, and some of those reports go co...

Late Wednesday afternoon, Dana Mattioli, Drew Hinshaw, Rebecca Ballhaus, and Joe Parkinson of the Wall Street Journal reported on the tawdry grifting of Kimberly Guilfoyle, former fiancee of Donald Tr...

On October 8, 1871, dry conditions and strong winds drove deadly fires through the Midwest.

On October 7, 2016, in the run-up to the 2016 election, the Washington Post broke the story of the so-called Access Hollywood tape, a video from 2005 in which Donald Trump told television host Billy B...

Writer, songwriter, story teller, I write poems and songs and essays. I post them here and hope they find who they are supposed to find.

Last night, on October 4, U.S.

And fighting it should be at the heart of the Democratic agenda

On Friday night, just before 11:00, Trump announced that his administration “will, immediately, begin sending ‘Checks’ of nearly $100 to over 20 MILLION wonderful Seniors to help pay for their Medicar...

There was nothing negative about Francis of Assisi’s asceticism. It was as positive as a passion, even a pleasure.

Why are interest rates surging?

On Saturday, October 3, the Power to the People festival, organized by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, took over the stage at the Merriweathe...

Talking with G. Ellliott Morris and David Nir

Trump held a campaign rally tonight in Mobile, Alabama, the city where, as Shawn McCreesh of the New York Times recalled, his MAGA rallies really took off in August 2015, when more than 30,000 people ...

This week, we notched another win for free speech

If you’re arguing, you’re losing. Trump is arguing.

John Hudson of the Washington Post reported this evening that the Trump administration is openly defying Congress, taking $52 million in military assistance lawmakers appropriated for European and Mid...

Today, as Trump was busy trying (and failing) to convince his own people that “affordability” is a word made up by Democrats, the courts were having a field day with him.

A Washington Post headline today read: “U.S.

This Friday, Donald Trump will be in Mobile, Alabama, the place where his first campaign really started to gain traction after then-Alabama Senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III threw his support ...

It has become routine for Trump to spend the weekend posting wildly on social media, and this weekend was no exception.

Another Trump enabler pays the price

No, I haven’t lost my mind

Trump’s war on the free press is continuing.

What’s driving interest rates higher?

Perhaps we will realize that what we sometimes consider a stumbling block is rather a rock we can step on.

I learned late this afternoon that, in addition to being Dolly Parton Day, today is National Lobster Day, honoring the cultural and economic history of the lobster industry.

After a hearing yesterday about Trump’s Friday ban of CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House campus, very early this morning—I was still awake writing yesterday’s letter—U.S.

At Spark Inclusion Ministry, we believe in accompanying churches in becoming more inclusive of the disability and neurodiversity communities. This is done…

It’s all about whether the press can criticize the president

Yesterday, William Turton, Avi Asher-Schapiro, Molly Redden, and Kirsten Berg of ProPublica published a blockbuster story reporting that the anti-corruption group of the Federal Bureau of Investigatio...

Trump gets ready to stiff more contractors

In 1945, still reeling from World War II, representatives from 50 nations reached back to the U.S.

Trump’s continuing downward spiral into sundowning

A guide for moving from analysis to action.

On September 18, while White House chief of staff Susie Wiles was out of town, Trump suddenly announced he was banning CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House.

AI gets the attention, but the Big Scam is still spending big

A definition you can share next time someone asks the question.

Thousands of people gathered outside the John F.

Never mind crude oil; distillates are the problem now

On Total War and Individual Responsibility, 2/2

and the unfinished business of becoming

On September 19, 1676, three hundred and fifty years ago today, Nathaniel Bacon and his followers burned Jamestown, the capital of the Virginia Colony.

Divine generosity

The surprising political failure of protectionism

Mea culpa for the long post on a Saturday night, but read on and see if you don’t agree that it’s essential.

On Total War and Individual Responsibility (1/2)

According to the American Automobile Association, diesel hit its highest recorded average price today at just above $6.44 per gallon.

My talk at the European Central Bank

Insights on the nature of beauty, from Jacques Maritain, Dorothy Day, Basil of Caesarea, and Annie Dillard.