Articles of Interest
February 07, 2017, 5:56pm
President Lee C. Bollinger joined 47 leaders at colleges and universities across the U.S. in a letter urging President Trump to “rectify or rescind”
February 07, 2017, 5:54pm
By Richard Cohen – The Washington Post.
My friend has a teenage son. He’s a good kid, well-behaved, impeccably mannered and exasperatingly unpredictable, as many teenagers are — a man one minute, a boy the next. My friend has schooled … Read more »
February 07, 2017, 5:50pm
By Eugene Robinson – The Washington Post.
No one should have been surprised when President Trump raged that the “so-called judge” who blocked his travel ban should be blamed “if something happens.” It is clear by … Read more »
February 07, 2017, 11:37am
When President Trump doesn’t get what he wants, he tends to look for someone to blame — crooked pollsters, fraudulent voters, lying journalists. Anyone who questions him or his actions becomes his foe.
Over the past few days, he’s added … Read more »
February 05, 2017, 4:09pm
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The federal judge who blocked President Trump’s immigration order is described by former colleagues and acquaintances as a “mainstream” Republican who went from a career as a highly respected corporate lawyer in … Read more »
February 05, 2017, 2:55am
By Ted Koppel – The Washington Post.
Ted Koppel is the author of “Lights Out” and senior contributor to “CBS Sunday Morning.”
Once upon a time, long, long ago, during his second campaign for the presidency of the United States, … Read more »
February 03, 2017, 12:49pm
By Paul Krugman – The New York Times.
For the past couple of months, thoughtful people have been quietly worrying that the Trump administration might get us into a foreign policy crisis, maybe even a war.
Partly this worry reflected
February 03, 2017, 3:08am
By Ken Levy – CounterPunch.org
Polls show that around 40% of the electorate approve of Donald Trump’s first week and a half in office; 60% do not. This is not a mere partisan divide; it is a psychological divide as … Read more »
February 03, 2017, 3:01am
The preconditions are present in the U.S. today. Here’s the playbook Donald Trump could use to set the country down a path toward illiberalism.
By David Frum – The Atlantic.
It’s 2021, and President Donald Trump will shortly be sworn … Read more »
February 02, 2017, 2:08pm
– The Washington Post.
If the 230-year American democratic experiment unravels — no longer an unthinkable possibility — the postmortem should focus on what happened in the Senate this week.
The majority Republicans could have put the … Read more »
