We media types obsess about America's problems. But we should acknowledge that today, life in America is better than life has been anywhere, ever. For most of history, the norm was hunger, disease, illiteracy, slavery and war. There were a few exceptions (from some of those problems) — ...
"The means of defense against foreign danger have been always the instruments of tyranny at home." — James Madison (1751-1836) America today would terrify the Founding Fathers. Armed troops roam the streets of major cities, masked government agents arrest people without probable cause and ...
I’ve always been perplexed by people who make an enemy out of socialism. What is socialism but the guarantee of essential services and protections for oppressed peoples? For example, who can genuinely be angry with rent stabilization policies besides a landlord who doesn’t want to give ...
It's not what you know, it's who you know — even if you may have committed terrible crimes. That's the Jeffrey Epstein version of the famous line about success. The massive tranche of Epstein emails released by the House Oversight Committee didn't reveal any smoking guns about Donald ...
When Eisaku Satō, a former prime minister of Japan, received the Nobel peace prize in 1974 after committing his country to not making nuclear bombs, owning them or allowing them on its territory, he assured the audience: “I have no doubt that this policy will be pursued by all future ...
Mr. President, we know you are not a saint and more than 77 million Americans were fine with that on election day. As bad as the Epstein files may be for you, it is more important to "let it go" and trust that the American people will judge you appropriately. But a word of caution: Do not ...