Dear Fox News viewer: Whatever you might think about “critical race theory,” one thing it hasn’t done is kill anyone. Not like the “replacement theory” Tucker Carlson can’t stop talking about, the “great replacement” that drove a man many miles to a grocery store in Buffalo to shoot Black…
DetailsIn his book about testifying in Donald Trump’s first impeachment inquiry, Alexander Vindman recounts a heated argument with his Russian immigrant father. “Support the president,” his father shouted. “Do whatever the president wants.” But Vindman, a decorated Army lieutenant colonel, knew his obligation was to his country,…
DetailsThis is not about Alito, or Kavanaugh, or Gorsuch, or the Federalist Society, our now de facto judicial branch. This is about Olivia. She’s 16. A beauty. A waitress. She met a guy. Dreamy. Twenty-two. Great car. Said he loved her. Then an EPT changed his tune. He lost…
DetailsWith an American death toll soon to reach 1 million from COVID-19, Crede Bailey is a whole other statistic. It didn’t kill him. It only took his leg and ruined his lungs. I wouldn’t know of Bailey’s suffering had I not read about his boss’s staggering negligence in…
DetailsWhy did Texas Gov. Greg Abbott back down and revoke the wrench he threw into truck traffic at the border? Because it caused produce to rot and manufacturers to gasp for precious parts? Because it broke the law – trade and borders being Congress’ responsibility? Because it was…
Details“Big Tent Party.” The words still ring in my ears. It was the 1992 GOP National Convention, which I covered at the Houston Astrodome, and the party wanted us all to know it welcomed all sorts. Thirty years later, the party has become, without apology, a closed…
DetailsMari Oliver is my hero. Me and Teddy Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Abe Lincoln and so many people of consequence. Much more consequence than, say, responsible figures at her school who harassed her because she would not recite the Pledge of Allegiance as Texas requires classes to do. Much more consequence than the lawmakers who made…
DetailsThe purpose here is not to defend Madison Cawthorn. Madison Cawthorn is indefensible With Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, Matt Gaetz, Louie Gohmert and Paul Gosar, he’s a member in good standing of the Congressional National Embarrassment Caucus. The Republican from North Carolina is 26 but acts a decade younger. This tendency got him in…
DetailsWhen 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…
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