This afternoon, my phone started blowing up with news that Senator Orin Hatch, Republican of Utah, will not seek re-election this coming fall. This is terrific news because he’s literally been in the Senate for most of my life and Utahns?…
2017 is coming to an end and none of us will be sorry to see it go. I have some particular pet peeves that I desperately hope will vanish into the past when the clock strikes midnight. You might think…
Okey-dokey, resisters. This week was sucktastic. The new tax law is sucktastic. The implications for the economy as a whole are sucktastic. The implications on health insurance are sucktastic. BUT! The overall outcomes for health care policy are not nearly as sucktastic…
Last night, amid rumors of an impending revelation about a leading figure in the restaurant industry, Anthony Bourdain posted this cryptic and reflective tweet: This might be the question that is haunting all of us news-watchers these days. Every day…
Al Franken is yesterday’s news. OK, yes, he will continue to be a figure of discussion. And perhaps you are a person who needs to spend some time holding your assumptions and behavior up against his as part of the…
Hello. I am writing to you from a moment of emotional dissonance. On the one hand, I am reeling after the release of a story about Senator Al Franken, a man I have admired for years, an author whose work…
