Review: 'My Last Innocent Year,' by Daisy Alpert Florin FICTION: An impressionable student falls into an affair with her college professor during the time of Clinton and Lewinsky. Tribune News Service · Feb 15, 2023
Judge: Abortion may still be protected District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, a Clinton appointee, suggested the Dobbs ruling did not end abortion rights Salon · Feb 7, 2023
Biden has bolstered 9th Circuit’s liberal flank, but has yet to match Trump’s impact LOS ANGELES — President Joe Biden is leaving a distinct mark on the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, adding relatively young jurists of color who have bolstered the influential court’s liberal flank. Los Angeles Times · Feb 1, 2023
'It really disturbs me to say this, but I think I agree with Larry.' Paul Krugman sides with frenemy Larry Summers on inflation fight. Both economists think the U.S. Federal Reserve is just as likely to overestimate inflation as underestimate it. Fortune · Jan 31, 2023
Grassroots AIDS activists fought for and won affordable HIV treatments around the world – but PEPFAR didn't change governments and pharma The President’s Emergency Program for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, has revolutionized the fight against global AIDS over the last 20 years. In that time, the U.S. program has brought antiretroviral treatment to nearly 19 million people living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS; prevented mother-to-child transmission of HIV for… The Conversation · Jan 24, 2023
Turn Every Page: a peek into Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb’s long creative relationship In a new documentary directed by Gottlieb’s daughter, the 50-year partnership between the acclaimed author and the renowned editor is examined The Guardian - US · Jan 17, 2023
China's Wang Huning, a backstage ideologue and political survivor (This Dec 10. story has been refiled to remove extraneous word "is" in the 21st paragraph)) Reuters · Dec 11, 2022
A Law That Facilitates Cannabis Research Exemplifies the Modesty of the Reforms We Can Expect From Congress Making it easier for scientists to study marijuana is a far cry from the liberalization that most Americans want. Reason · Dec 7, 2022
Nicholas Goldberg: America needs to try harder to match its foreign policy to its morals I once went to the village of Koreme in Iraqi Kurdistan and walked along a dirt road past a little brick school and a makeshift mosque to a dusty field of almond trees and high grass where all the males of the village — age 13 to 43 — had… Los Angeles Times · Nov 29, 2022
The GOP is desperate for a Trump pivot Trump's announcement was whiny and vindictive, but Republicans pretended to hear a noble elder statesman Salon · Nov 17, 2022
It’s the menopause, stupid – why Britain can’t afford to ignore women’s health Failing to properly support women through the menopause is disastrous for the UK economy. That’s why we’re calling for change, says author Kate Muir The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2022
Elon Musk throws temper tantrum in response to Robert Reich saying ‘self-made billionaires are a myth’ Clinton Labor Secretary says ‘the origins of many billionaires aren’t so humble’ The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2022
Blue mirage? Pollster warns Democratic leads in midterms may be exaggerated Nate Cohn says forecasters could be falling into the same trap as in 2016 and 2020 The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2022
Bill Shaikin: 'That was absolutely deliberate.' Focus at Jackie Robinson Museum is off the field. NEW YORK — There was a time, and not so long ago, when you could ask a major league player about Jackie Robinson and get a shrug in return. The league retired his number in 1997, on the 50th anniversary of his debut, with President Clinton in attendance. That made… Los Angeles Times · Sep 6, 2022
The Conversation · Aug 28, 2022 How the 'Queen of Canada' is making inroads into the U.S., Australia and beyond Romana Didulo is a Canadian conspiracy theorist who falsely asserts she is the queen and ruler of Canada. On her instructions, some of her disciples recently attempted to arrest police officers in southern Ontario.
Axios · Aug 27, 2022 DOJ has "enough evidence" to indict Trump, Alan Dershowitz says Dershowitz said Judge Bruce Reinhart should not be blamed for approving the warrant.
Salon · Aug 13, 2022 National Archives calls BS on Trump Obama's previous handling of documents was on the up and up, making his situation different from Trump's
Axios · Aug 2, 2022 Pelosi's expected Taiwan visit has echoes of 1996 crisis But China's military is far stronger than it was 26 years ago.
The Independent UK · Jul 30, 2022 The Tory leadership debates make for truly wretched television Received wisdom posits that TV debates are a democratic necessity, allowing the public to give prospective leaders a proper once-over. This is nonsense, writes Louis Chilton – Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss’s televised bickering is the latest in a long line of pointless vanity exercises
Salon · Jul 27, 2022 Trump's last-ditch option: Run again Boy has it been a bad week for Donald Trump
The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2022 Big Oil V the World review – how can these climate crisis deniers sleep at night? This shocking documentary series reveals the lies oil lobbyists told to undercut democracy, prevent action against global heating – and bring our planet to the brink
The Guardian - US · Jul 10, 2022 The Republican party is terrible. So why may Democrats lose to them this year? Some commentators think Democrats have moved too far to the left — too far from the so-called ‘center’. This is utter rubbish
Axios · Jun 3, 2022 Everything you need to know about a federal assault weapons ban President Biden called on Congress to reinstate the Assault Weapons Ban in the wake of attacks in Buffalo, Uvalde and Tulsa.
Salon · Jun 2, 2022 Barr brags Durham boosted Hillary smears Barr declares it was "far more important" to boost Trump's revenge campaign against Hillary than win in court.
Los Angeles Times · May 12, 2022 It's not just a meal: Inside the nation's most secretive and exclusive power lunch WASHINGTON — Al Gore came armed with policy memos, George H.W. Bush with jokes and Dan Quayle with requests from Cabinet secretaries. Mike Pence brought plenty of patience.