The world reflects on the loss of John Hume today, so this overdue post is ready. The Irish people, and the Scots as well, need to thoroughly rethink their relation to the United
Two out of the last three Trump Augusts have been incredible. They have been traumatic and somehow crazier than Trump’s crazy baseline. The madness begins tonight, with the airing of Trump’s
Andrew Cuomo’s new reputation as a calming, rational leader is not earned. He’s still a conservative Democrat. He is still a bully. He is still corrupt. He is still cruel, with
Aside from destructive tweets, Donald Trump can't create news like Ronald Reagan could. Remember (if you're old) Reagan going into the Eire Pub in Boston for a beer and
Back in 1975, New York City almost went broke. Quite a few people, myself included, thought it did. But actually, New York was able to narrowly avoid a city bankruptcy in a famous