When I was younger, so much younger than today (credit The Beatles for that lyric from "Help"), television networks would rerun programs that had originally been broadcast the previous fall and spring. A few still do, like "Wheel of Fortune" and "Jeopardy," but those are syndicated shows. ...
This past weekend, the Republican-led Senate confirmed acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to be the next U.S. attorney general. Like Richard Nixon's attorney general, John Mitchell, Blanche has carried out the illegal orders of a president of the United States. As was Mitchell's fate, ...
While visiting my mom, my son asked, "Why do I have to make my bed at Grandma's house?" I smoothed the quilt over the mattress and answered without thinking, "Because Grandma likes it neat and she deserves a nice space." My response surprised me. What did being tidy have to do with ...
For the second time in the Trump presidency, the Right is debating the concept of the common good and how that concept fits within the American political tradition. During Donald Trump's first term, the "common good" debate raged because the unorthodox president's nationalist instincts and ...
Muslim Americans are increasingly getting involved in American politics. Most prominent are members of Congress Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Andre Carson (D-Ind.), and Lateefah Simon (D-Calif.). Most prominent among several mayors is Democrat Zohran Mamdani in New York ...
Can I claim to have predicted, way back in 1988, the result of Michigan's fiercely contested Democratic primary for U.S. senator last week? The developments that have made Abdul El-Sayed — who lost the 2018 gubernatorial primary to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-Mich.) by 20 percentage points — ...
