Liar
Truth! Isn’t it…?
Politics
He Warned Us
The founding fathers were pretty sharp. Painting: Washington as President, by Gilbert Stuart (1795).
A Friend in Need
At least before Martha goes looking around! Painting: George Washington on his Death Bed by Junius Stearns, c1853. (A re-queue from 2017.)
The Keystone of Tyranny
Heinlein was not “just” a writer: in 1980 he was a member of the Citizens Advisory Council on National Space Policy….
Unlike the Clowns We Have for Politicians
An Irish reporter’s take on the British Royal Family after Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, went public with why they left the U.K.
Damn It, Facebook!
“Click on Any Meme from 2020 to Read Why.” Only a few more days to go!
Truman’s Choice
“Mother, incidentally, was not amused by that picture,” said Margaret Truman Daniel, the president’s daughter, years later.
Election Eve
Benn was a British writer and publisher. His father, John Benn, was a politician, and so was his nephew, Tony Benn.
To Overthrow a King
This is one of the reasons I work so hard to get people to do a little more thinking: I want society to remember how to when we need it. And boy do we need it.
The Art of the Compromise
No one really knows how the parties get to yes. The pieces that are sacrificed in ev’ry game of chess. We just assume that it happens, but no one else is in the Zoom where it happens.