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TrumpëƵs administration flawed from the start?

Steve Schmidt is a likeable, solid conservative.He served as a campaign strategist for the presidential campaigns of George W. Bush and John McCain.IëƵm afraid for his mental health.Mr. Schmidt is so distraught over the current White House burlesque show that he appears frequently on TV to ...

Louise Linton is here to save us

ThereëƵs little need to scrutinize the big things when the little ones tell you all you need to know about the sorry condition of the Republican Party.Let us begin our melancholy tour with the Steve Mnuchins ëƵ he, the secretary of the treasury, she, his wife Louise Linton.Actually, itëƵs ...

TrumpëƵs Trail of Smears

ëƵWe cannot and will not stand silent when our Native ancestors, cultures, and histories are used in a derogatory manner for political gain.ëƵJacqueline Pata, Exec. Dir., National Congress of American Indians ëƵ May 3, 2017---Our president never misses an opportunity to say or do the wrong ...

So, ItëƵs Just About the Votes?

<em>ëƵI could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldnëƵt lose any voters.ëƵ</em>-- Donald J. Trump, presidential candidate, during a speech on Jan. 16, 2016As that messy Alabama senatorial race proceeds, weëƵre all getting a lesson ...

Harassment is in the eye of the beholder

David Remnick recently wrote in The New Yorker about the 1975 book ëƵAgainst Our Will: Men, Women, And RapeëƵ, a ëƵstartling and controversialëƵ feminist declaration ëƵabout the originsëƵ of male-dominated society.ëƵManëƵs discovery that his genitalia could serve as a weapon to generate ...

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Moore

I donëƵt have anything against Alabama. IëƵve never been there. I do, however, wonder why my father, who was born there, hardly ever mentioned it. He left Alabama as a teenager, but he never returned there before he died a few years ago.AlabamaëƵs role in its resistance to civil rights may ...