The January 6 Committee’s Thursday Hearing in Ten Quick Screen Shots
The Last Hearing? Maybe. Or maybe not. “If [Trump] … Continue reading The January 6 Committee’s Thursday Hearing in Ten Quick Screen Shots
Category Archives: Current Affairs
Quote of The Week: Guns & “Religious Fervor”
I did a great deal of reporting over the last year and a half on the turmoil in the white evangelical church in America. And . . . I can’t underscore this one enough, because I’ve spent a lot of time talking with leading religious figures, scholars, academics, people who know this world inside … Continue reading Quote of The Week: Guns & “Religious Fervor”
Ukraine & Corruption: A Major, Mostly Unmentioned Issue
New York Times: Ukraine Is Weakened by Corruption, So How Is It Stymying the Russians? Oct. 10, 2022 By Peter Coy, Opinion Writer Corruption undermines society as surely as termites undermine houses. Ukraine suffers from corruption. So how has Ukrainian society nonetheless managed to stymie a Russian invasion, and even turn the tables on … Continue reading Ukraine & Corruption: A Major, Mostly Unmentioned Issue
Breaking! Texas Pete Hot Sauce Drenched by False Advertising Lawsuit
[NOTE: No! This post was not taken from The Onion. Again NO! It was not written by the New Yorker’s brilliant Andy Borowitz. And honest, I can’t make this stuff up! It’s from today’s issue of the very staid & sober, thrice Pulitzer Prize-winning daily, the Raleigh News & Observer. That doesn’t make the subject any … Continue reading Breaking! Texas Pete Hot Sauce Drenched by False Advertising Lawsuit
College Closures: Are the Wolves Coming? The British?
In recent years, I’ve seen a number of articles about an imminent “crisis” in U. S. Higher education: enrollment is declining, they say, while costs keep going up; small colleges are on the brink; student loan debt is crushing a generation; it’s worse for poor and minority students . . . It can’t go on … Continue reading College Closures: Are the Wolves Coming? The British?