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The slow-moving line for passport inspection began on the jet bridge. Were Customs and Border Patrol agents deploying “enhanced vetting” to screen...
The ethos of cinema Comparing the moral stance of a popular movie to the national culture from which it arose is hard enough. Films are shaped by...
The spectacle of two billionaires – let’s call them M’ump -- wanting more and more money and power is mortifying. No matter how much they have,...
President Trump’s recent executive orders are an assault upon the framework of racial justice built since the passage of the Civil Rights Act of...
The word fascism derives from the Italian fascio, the name for the bundle of sticks carried by ancient Roman officials to beat into submission anybody...
News about the fire arrived in fragments. First, that the blaze in Eaton Canyon was spreading rapidly, then that a few homes in the foothills were...
In liberal, Jewish households, Hanukkah has always been something of an embarrassment. First, there’s the unavoidable truth that Hannukah is no...
Photo released by NYPD of man suspected of shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson The following dialogue was overheard in a coffee shop...
Location: Cabinet Room, West Wing of the White House. The president is seated in the middle of a long, oval table, flanked by Vice President Vance...
Adam Schultz, Official photograph of Vice-President Kamela Harris, 2021, Library of Congress (inverted) Contradictory explanations by Democratic...
For Hannah You never know We all assume the polls understate Trump’s strength. Wouldn’t you too be ashamed to admit on the phone or online, that...
It would be good to be able to recognize fascism when you see it. Sight is our dominant sense (light travels faster than sound) and provides us...
Faced with two wars, nuclear confrontation, extreme economic inequality, and a climate crisis -- not to mention threats to reproductive rights,...
Faced with two wars, nuclear confrontation, extreme economic inequality, and a climate crisis -- not to mention threats to reproductive rights,...
ABC News and the two candidates aren’t the only ones responsible for the poor quality of the discussion at last night’s debate. The American...
The just concluded Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago was by most accounts a success. On Monday, the first night, Joe...