The Law Enforcement Oath of Honor: “On my honor, I will never betray my badge, my integrity, my character, or the public trust. I will always have the courage to hold myself and others accountable for our actions. I will always uphold the Constitution, my community, and the agency I serve.” And now, the ICE…
If you take this as a media critique, you’re missing the story. This is a citizenship critique. Not the citizenship that comes with a Social Security card. Let’s discuss the kind of citizenship that demands devotion beyond a flash of attention – say, every four years — with a rudimentary trip to the polls. Call…
There are so many reasons to grade down the vengeance jockey in the White House. So many reasons why the latest AP poll finds 61 percent of Americans firmly in the “disgusted” lane. The biggest reason, however, may be what I encountered at the grocery store the other day: the $2.40 tomato. I don’t usually…
Everyone should be as angry as my son over the insult. And I mean everyone – Democrat, independent, libertarian, MAGA true believer. Melania, Ivanka, Don Jr., Eric, Tiffany, Barron. Yes, even J.D. “In a Trance” Vance. The insult from a petty man with no shame and no sense of duty. It ruined a sparkling notion…
I shouldn’t read the news before bed. Because of such an error one night, I was pondering the idiotic political theater of sending troops to “war”-torn Portland when I fell into uneased sleep. I found myself at Denver’s Coors Field. The game had barely begun when glares exchanged between the Colorado Rockies and visiting SF…
So much to talk about. — About the Epstein files. Republicans said they were ready to release them once. — About government censorship. Six million TV viewers and 18 million Youtubers are talking about it after tuning into Jimmy Kimmel’s return. — About our president’s unhinged and disgraceful speech to the United Nations – if…
I know your first question: “Will the speech police be masked?” Why, of course. This’ll scare the bejeebers out of the libs: yet another federal police force on the streets – each member in riot gear and wearing the military-issue likeness of JD Vance. When they press you as to what you’ve been thinking —…
Now we know about the shooter. He was a white supremacist, captivated and motivated by the right-wing “manosphere,” and of course a nation’s gun fanaticism. But he’s dead now, sucked into a vortex of hate. Sorry if that first paragraph description misled you. As I write this, I am thinking of a shooter who didn’t…
It’ll be one year this week. One year ago. Sept. 10, 2024. I know you haven’t been reminded about the anniversary, and that’s not right. I’m here to remind you. If ours were an enlightened society, an exceptional society as anti-woke patriots claim, we’d remark on the anniversary with ceremonies, with discussion panels, with classroom…
The reader’s email had a preaching tone. The writer spoke as if I hadn’t heard the Good News, and as if the Almighty had chosen her to proclaim it. In rubbing out diversity and equity programs, she wrote, our president had taken a historic turn. Whatever considerations once drove personnel decisions across this land, under…