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Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Rosh Hashanah Sep. 11, 2026
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle hated Sherlock Holmes. I know: That sounds as improbable as J.K. Rowling hati... Read More
Diet Coke Socialism Sep. 11, 2026
The Trump administration is drafting a rule that would let married couples with a stay-at-home spous... Read More
Don't Let the Terrorists Win Sep. 11, 2026
I was working at a medium-sized city newspaper on Sept. 11, 2001. No one had stormed the Capitol yet... Read More
The Bell Tolls for American Generosity Sep. 09, 2026
Could doing a great job directing foreign aid ever be a giant step toward the presidency? It certain... Read More
Moderation is Not a Four-Letter Word Sep. 04, 2026
What was the most memorable moment in the history of Time Magazine? It arrived, in my opinion, with ... Read More
Billionaires Playing Cowboys ... At Our Expense Sep. 02, 2026
Let's all gather 'round the campfire, Buckaroos and let Ol' Cactus Jim here tell you about some of t... Read More
2026 Echoes of 9/11 Sep. 02, 2026
A quarter of a century has passed since Al Qaeda's hideous Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. The 25th ... Read More
Permission to Play Gets More Work Done Aug. 28, 2026
J.P. Morgan reportedly said, "I can do a year's work in nine months but not in twelve months." In to... Read More
Get Outside your Head to Look Inside your Mind Aug. 21, 2026
Are you trying to decide what the right thing to do is? Ask an ethicist. Do you want to see the righ... Read More
The Song of the Whip Aug. 21, 2026
Way back there in the 1700s and the 1800s, the British conquered a big chunk of the world thanks to ... Read More
Seeking Peace Does Not Demand Surrender Aug. 14, 2026
Why are manhole covers round? The common answer is obvious once you hear it: A circle is the only sh... Read More
Voters Rebel Against Effort by Missouri GOP to Kill Voter Rights Aug. 12, 2026
It's no secret that voters are increasingly disgusted by today's extremist, right-wing Republican la... Read More
Obsessed With Yesterday, Trump Unprepared for Tomorrow Aug. 12, 2026
"The past is never dead. It's not even past." The Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner wrote... Read More
Historical Revisionism Empowers Political Radicalism Aug. 07, 2026
Opposite Vajdahunyad Castle in Budapest's City Park, you find the Statue of Anonymous, one of the ci... Read More
The Glorious Freedom of the 'N-Word' Aug. 07, 2026
They took them from us, the employee handbook, it and a bunch of stupid laws about harassment and ho... Read More
Talking Ourselves Into Failure Aug. 07, 2026
There are a couple of stories that seem unrelated but are very related. They show the story of a cou... Read More
How At Least Some Democrats Stopped Fearing The Word 'Socialist' -- And Started Winning Aug. 06, 2026
SAN DIEGO — Who's afraid of the big, bad word? If that word happens to be "socialist" or "soci... Read More
The Inadequacy of Opposing Socialism Aug. 03, 2026
Don't assume socialism's inevitable failures will stop it from spreading. New York City Mayor Zohra... Read More
Don't Allow Militant Ideology to Conquer Reason Jul. 31, 2026
There's no place on earth like Israel: The history, the diversity, the tension of a culture divided ... Read More
Time To Break Trump's Anti-Midas Spell Jul. 29, 2026
The windows of bookstores and the marquees of movie theaters across America all sing the praises of ... Read More
