Tim Hartnett

“Politicians,” says Congressman Ro Khanna (D-Cal), “have bowed to the courts and stood before the people — not to silence opposition but to answer it.” He should have put it the other way around. Incumbents ought to be bowing to…

In the second act of “Waiting for Godot” Vladimir and Estragon have it out in an insult contest. They go through “moron,” “vermin,” “abortion,” “morpion,” “sewer-rat,” “curate” and “cretin,” before Didi gets leveled by “critic.” The ones passing dramatic judgment…

Thurston Howell III went off on Gilligan now and then. In one episode the fictional tycoon got so mad he referred to the sailor as “probably not even a Republican.” That was when many pre-literate boomers got their first inkling…

What the pluck? Is that still a question? Or, is it now a matter of who gets to do the plucking? An insidious ensemble is strumming American heartstrings. Dictatorial DJs are calling the tunes of public emotion. They only bring…