While we still do not know — indeed, likely will never know — what conduct the Manhattan jury convicted President Trump of committing, one possibility would evidence the gross duality and unfairness of “justice” in America, 2024. If Trump was…
The problem with British history, said Salman Rushdie, is that so much of it happened abroad. By way of revision, we might say that the problem with American politics today is that all of it is happening abroad. University campuses…
The old joke has it that “if you can remember the 60s, you weren’t really there.” Maybe because I was never into drugs, I remember them all too well. And, despite the unquestionably cool music, I don’t remember them particularly…
The redbuds and dogwoods in our neighborhood are in full bloom, and while we’ve had something of a wet, cold spring thus far, one can see the signs all around. Before you know it, summer will be here, with picnics,…
Last week I read the alarming headlines. West Point cadets will no longer be inculcated with and committed to the values of “Duty, Honor, Country,” the motto of the United States Military Academy since the end of the 19th Century….
As a proud alumnus of Georgetown University, I am troubled by an emerging pattern: The relentless lawsuits and other efforts to “get Trump” too often lead back to my alma mater and, more specifically, Georgetown Law School. The same characters populate these assorted…
This morning (Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023), the Wall Street Journal tells us (surely, this must be tongue in cheek!): “A bipartisan measure was passed by the House and Senate and signed by President Biden. The legislation includes $16 billion in…
Many Americans are still reeling from the Department of Justice’s announcement last month of a rather astonishing plea bargain for Hunter Biden. There are interesting parallels with the plea bargain reached with Watergate figure John Dean some 50 years ago….
Last Wednesday, while thousands of migrants set fire to the streets in France for the second night in a row, Emmanuel Macron was dancing at an Elton John concert. There is no better image to define the situation in Europe….
