When it comes to courage under fire, the pithiest sayings all seem masculine. As in, “Bigger man than I,” or, “That’s some cajones.” None of course apply to Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. From her forbearance amid a withering Republican offensive in her confirmation, let’s just say the lady’s got…
DetailsOne would think Ken Paxton had sufficient issues unto himself. Securities fraud for one. At least a grand jury thought so. For two, allegations of abuse of office and bribery. So assert some of his former staffers. And then there’s the issue of conspiring to nullify 81 million…
DetailsQuestion: Since when did acting like an oaf become an audition for higher office? Ooh, ooh. I know that answer. It was when a candidate mocked women, mocked disabled people, bartered in crass comments about foreigners and people of color. And then that candidate, to America’s shame, ascended…
DetailsForever logged in video history: Walter Cronkite sitting a nation down to report the death of a president. Edward R. Murrow standing up a Red Scare demagogue. And now: Tucker Carlson checking off reasons not to hate a warring madman. You might not have…
Details“Denazification and militarization.” Vladimir Putin cites such reasons in his bid to crush a neighbor nation. Nazism – those frightened masses cramming the exits to Poland. Militarization – those hunting rifles dusted off to confront invading tanks. “Nazism” in a peaceful democracy with its Jewish president.…
DetailsAdam Lanza just wanted a sporting chance. He had only so much time to kill once he entered Sandy Hook Elementary. His schedule had been pinched by having just shot his mother dead. What’s a tormented individual to do? Remington Arms had the answer: the Bushmaster…
DetailsWhen he said, “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice,” Martin Luther King Jr. was as serious about patience as he was about persistence. Patience: a hefty ask in a tormented year like 1968. But at least the word “wait” was in our…
Details(The following contains discussion of race and basketball. Contact authorities where required by law.) The Washington Post recently published a piece about the 75th anniversary of the NBA. Headlined “How the NBA sweeps away its early history,” it more suitably could be titled, “When the NBA couldn’t jump.” You see, as…
DetailsI’m not going to blame Associated Press for the clear typo in a recent story about Republican aversion to science. AP does incredible work. As the story reported, “Republicans’ faith in science is falling as Democrats rely on it even more.” Nothing incorrect with that wording. Sadly, in…
DetailsIt’s odd. I just watched one of those dreary year-anniversary treatments of the Joe Biden presidency, and it left out his most important achievement. In newsroom talk, that’s called “burying the lede.” Staying in journalism mode, I’m going to pronounce it the editorial omission of the century.…
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