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From Watchdog to Lapdog?
The campaign to tame 60 Minutes and the broader war on independent journalism.
Follow The Money: A Slush Fund Presidency?
The anti-weaponization fund is only the most visible piece of a much larger financial puzzle
“Common Sense Take 2” : Change is up to Us
The "Exhausted Majority" will have to ‘turn the ship around
Gold Leaf and Gravestones
Arlington Cemetery deserves better than architectural narcissism.
America First? History Says Otherwise.
On our 250th Anniversary, remember who stood beside America at its birth.
Will “Nice” Still Play in Peoria?
A story of America’s political heart losing its bearings
Has America Lost Europe?
From “leader of the free world” to object of distrust, America’s standing abroad has suffered a profound and self-inflicted decline.
Lies + More Lies= $1.8 Billion
Executive power repackaged as victim compensation and political revenge rebranded as justice
The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself
Will Americans Succumb to Voter Intimidation?
“The Thin Red Line” - An Open Letter to Non-MAGA Republicans
Will Republicans Defend Trump — or Democracy?
How Our Republic Dies
Endless war, executive overreach, and the betrayal of the American soldier.