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If you don’t tell a lie, my father used to say, you won’t have to worry about which version of your story you told last. Right, I agreed, but, with an attitude like that, ol’ Dad was well advised to avoid going into politics. That advice came to mind amid the unfolding saga of an ...
Is no one else tired of this? That’s what I asked myself Wednesday morning as I watched the news of yet another school shooting — this one in suburban Barrow County, Georgia: four dead, nine others injured at Apalachee High School. The images on TV were too familiar: shaking children ...
First, they oppose you and condescend to you. Then, they reluctantly conclude that you had more on the ball than they thought. After that, they concede your achievements. And finally, they make a glowing feature-length movie about you. This has been the trajectory of Ronald Reagan and his ...
Washington — A reporter asked President Joe Biden if he thought Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was “doing enough” as the president returned to the White House on Monday. Biden answered, “No.” Biden added that he was pushing as “hard as we can for a deal” for a ...
Presidential elections of yore were not like this one. Would the media kindly get that into their collective skull? Many journalists seem to think that the reluctance of Kamala Harris to sit down for searing in-depth interviews on “the issues” is a major issue. The one she did with CNN ...
Vice President Kamala Harris thinks U.S. Steel should not have the right to sell its business to Japan’s Nippon Steel. Previously, some Republican senators thought they too should have the ability to kill the deal between private companies. And it doesn’t stop there. During the pandemic, ...