Monday, May 18, 2026

Donald Trump is a Pathological Liar and the World is Starting to Notice

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President Lyndon Johnson’s lies about the Vietnam War created what came to be called a “credibility gap” when millions of people stopped bel...

Bill Maher on Anti-Semitism (PG 13)

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Ok...a word of caution for the benefit of anyone who may have just arrived from Neptune and immediately stumbled on my blog. This is Bill Ma...
Sunday, May 17, 2026

A Deep Dive Into Sino-American Trade

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Saturday, May 16, 2026

Survey Gives Mixed Report on the Russian Orthodox Church

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The proportion of Russians identifying as Orthodox has fallen from 78% to 65% in the past 15 years, according to a new survey. The survey, c...
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Thursday, May 14, 2026

Pentagon officials stunned by Hegseth decision on troops in Poland

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Pete Hegseth’s last-minute decision to cancel the deployment of 4,000 troops to Poland caught Pentagon staff and European allies by surprise...
Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice leaves Democratic Party over antisemitism concerns

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A Pennsylvania state Supreme Court justice said Monday he is leaving the Democratic Party over what he sees as a rise in antisemitism from m...
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China Increasingly Views Trump’s America as an Empire in Decline

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When President Trump visited China in late 2017, Xi Jinping welcomed him with a grand display of Chinese history and culture: a four-hour pr...
Thursday, May 07, 2026

US National Debt Surpasses GDP

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The U.S. government learned last week that it may have reached an unfortunate milestone: The size of its debt surpassed the nation’s total e...
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Monday, May 04, 2026

Why Trump's "Trade Deals" are Worthless

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When President Donald Trump struck a trade deal with the European Union in July, officials on both sides stressed how it would ensure long-t...

1896: People Leaving Mass at Cologne Cathedral

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Saturday, May 02, 2026

Trump has lost control of the conspiracy theories

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Conspiracy theories have been central to Donald Trump’s political rise. He was a leading promoter of the “birther” conspiracy theory targeti...
Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Trump's 2nd Bogus Indictment of James Comey

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If it’s possible, the Trump Justice Department’s new indictment of former FBI Director James Comey is even more absurd than the previous ind...
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Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Trump is Going After ABC (again)

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The Federal Communications Commission has directed Walt Disney Co. to file early license renewal applications for its ABC television station...

Jamie Dimon warns of ‘some kind of bond crisis’

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CEO Jamie Dimon on Tuesday warned that rising government debt levels could trigger a crisis in the bond market, urging policymakers to act b...

The First Royal Visit to the US (1939)

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Meanwhile... The White House posted a picture of President Trump and King Charles III with the caption “two Kings” amid the monarch’s visit ...

Suing the Pope? An Aggressive Class Action Presents First Amendment Problems

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...The class action, O’Connell v. Conference of Catholic Bishops, threatens to violate the Constitution’s church autonomy principle. The law...

James Comey indicted over seashell photo

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The Justice Department secured an indictment Tuesday charging former FBI Director James Comey with threatening the life of President Donald ...
Monday, April 27, 2026

The Rise of Ukraine (and Decline of the US) as the Defender of Freedom

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A remarkable thing has happened on the world’s battlefields. Ukraine — a nation that was supposed to dissolve within days of a Russian invas...
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Saturday, April 25, 2026

The Economic Risks From Trump's War Are Real and Growing

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Friday, April 24, 2026

Trump's War is Dangerously Depleting US Military Weapons and Ordinance

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Since the Iran war began in late February, the United States has burned through around 1,100 of its long-range stealth cruise missiles built...
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Thursday, April 23, 2026

For Frustrated G.O.P., Redistricting Fight Turns to Florida and the Courtroom

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Frustrated Republicans looked Wednesday to rebound from another setback in a nationwide redistricting chess match, as the high-stakes contes...
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Pew Research: Trends in religious conversions

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Christianity has experienced some of the largest losses from religious switching of any faith group around the world, according to our 2024 ...

Are you ready for universal Trump pardons?

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President Trump has reportedly told his staff “I’ll pardon everyone who has come within 200 feet of the Oval [Office].” Should we believe hi...