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Is Ron DeSantis a fascist?
I like to tweet. Not as much as I like to write here on Substack where I get to share my thoughts at some length. On Twitter it’s a different kind of…
3 years, 4 months ago
My father and Senator Joe McCarthy
When Robert Draper of the New York Times recently asked Rose Sperry, a state committeewoman for Arizona’s G.O.P., to name the first Republican leader…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Trump Republican violence machine
Among the many ironies and hypocrisies leading up to the 2022 midterms, one deserving special mention is Trump’s and the GOP’s unremitting claim that…
3 years, 4 months ago
Why CNN cancelled Brian Stelter
For several years, Brian Stelter’s Sunday CNN show, “Reliable Sources,” has been a reliable source of intelligent criticism of Fox News, rightwing me…
3 years, 4 months ago
The 6 secrets to becoming a fabulously rich con artist
As the saying goes, in America everyone is entitled to a second chance — especially con artists. Herewith the 6 rules for getting a second (or third …
3 years, 4 months ago
Do people really understand the fight we're in?
Hello friends,
On Saturdays I have a cup of coffee with my colleague Heather Lofthouse and we invite you to join us and chime in with comments. She as…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Beginning
I was born on June 24 in 1946 to Mildred Freshman Reich and Edwin Saul Reich at the Mercy Hospital in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
That was ten days after …
3 years, 4 months ago
How Biden did it
The Clean Air Act of 1970 authorized the government to regulate air pollution.
The Inflation Reduction Act, which Joe Biden just signed into law, all…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Origins of Trumpism (Part 4): Gingrich
From my Washington diary: April 20, 1994
Bob Michel, the House minority leader, has invited me by to talk about what’s going on in the Labor Departmen…
3 years, 4 months ago
Liz Cheney and the Dick Morris paradox
Tomorrow, Wyoming Republicans will determine the fate of Representative Liz Cheney — whom Trump has targeted for revenge ever since she criticized hi…
3 years, 4 months ago