I’ve long been loath to dip a toe into the stinking MAGA sewer, lest I suffer a foot infection impervious to even the strongest antibiotics. But there are times when attention must be paid, and ...

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If you’re tracking the urgent news about Trump and Iran, my sincere advice is you ignore every word that falls from his mouth or pops from his paws on social media. The sociopathic liar has ...

With Marines on American streets and fascist disinformation invading American minds, one is compelled to wonder what Edward R. Murrow would say. But that query is a tad irrelevant. There’s no ...

Every once in a while, way back when I was in high school, two meatheads would agree to fight when classes let out. They were brainless lummoxes, the kind who liked to snap kids’ jockstraps in ...

Until August of 1934, German judges swore an oath that reflected the spirit of the democratic Weimar republic: “I swear loyalty to the Constitution, obedience to the law, and conscientious ...

Dick Polman, a veteran national political columnist based in Philadelphia and a Writer in Residence at the University of Pennsylvania, writes the Subject to Change newsletter.

I just finished reading Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson’s “Original Sin,” and at the risk of pissing off the multitude of knee-jerk Tapper-haters, their deep reporting laid out in excruciating ...

I suppose I should add my voice to the chorus of stories about the convicted felon’s first 100 days, but I’d rather change the subject. Believe it or not, there’s other stuff going on. Let ...

While sunning myself the other day at a Phillies game, I was tempted to pivot to two bros sitting behind me and say: “How about that awesome federal court ruling from J. Harvie Wilkinson! Is ...

Industry leader and author Paul Polman has called for a ‘mindset shift’ from a new generation of global leaders, as he officially opened Durham University Business School’s new Waterside ...