Friday, November 13, 2026

Trump’s send-them-back doctrine

During the height of Stalin’s purges, the great Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich kept a packed suitcase near the door of his apartment. 

The banality of Haspel

It would be hard to find someone with more experience to run the CIA. And that’s why she’s a terrible choice.

If Sessions had nothing to hide, why did he try to hide it?

People in power don't investigate themselves. Let's have a special prosecutor to connect the dots of the Russian connection.

CBS pulls report challenging Trump foreign policy

What’s behind the canceling of the 60 Minutes story on El Salvador?

What version of democracy will prevail?

A mix of parliamentary, presidential, and semi-presidential systems defines the world’s democracies today. Growing concerns over democratic decline raise questions about which models adapt best.

For-Profit Colleges Are Scandal Machines

This corrupt higher education "industry" ought to be put out of business.

Congress, White House move disaster relief for Puerto Rico, US States and Territories

"Millions of Americans are suffering and this disaster relief plan is urgently needed."

The first 100 days of resistance

It’s heartening to see the anti-Trump resistance move so quickly toward an affirmative vision that rejects the limited political choices of the past and demands broader horizons of possibility.

The writing’s on the wall: We can take back this country

The writing is on the wall. The people have spoken. This momentum is going to help us take back this country.