The Captive and the Spy
Reading Time: 11 minutes A tale of intrigue during the Vietnam War that seems straight out of a Le Carré novel, but with a surprise ingredient — the stunning consequences of an act of kindness.
Our Counterfeit President
Reading Time: 7 minutes The Big House or the White House: thefts of different magnitudes and their inverse results.
History Rhymes: Trump’s Quid Pro Quo Reprises Nixon’s
Reading Time: 9 minutes President Donald Trump’s attempted quid pro quo isn’t the first by a corrupt Republican president eager to discredit a likely Democratic opponent.
Whether It’s El Paso or Someplace Else, for Trump, Only Size Matters
Reading Time: 2 minutes The egoist-in-chief can’t help bragging about himself and disparaging others, even when he’s feet away from El Paso’s injured shooting victims.
Sex, Blackmail, and Jeff Bezos
Reading Time: 3 minutes The nation is now agog over a sex and blackmail scandal that involves two of the more famous publishers in the world — Jeffrey Bezos, owner of Amazon and the Washington Post, and David Pecker, publisher of the National Enquirer. By now you know the bare — and I do mean bare — outlines of Read More
Did Jill Stein Help Elect Donald Trump?
Reading Time: 10 minutes Was the Green Party icon unwittingly useful to President Vladimir Putin of Russia — or wittingly? OPINION
Donald Trump and His Shady Entourage — A Brief History
Reading Time: 11 minutes Opinion: When it comes to advisers and close associates who may not always be on the up-and-up, President Donald Trump sure knows how to pick them.
Trump: Bully For You
Reading Time: 22 minutes A journalist who has witnessed a lot — the 1968 police riots during the Chicago convention, Los Angeles following the Charles Manson murders, the implosion of the US Army at the end of the Vietnam War — has never seen anything as depressing as the election of Donald J. Trump.
Coup D’etat in America?
Reading Time: 6 minutes Donald Trump’s inaugural address was hardly one of reconciliation and hope. Knowing how he got into office didn’t make it any easier to swallow.
The Dominique Strauss-Kahn Case Revisited
Reading Time: 5 minutes We never did get resolution on the scandal that brought down a contender for the French presidency. Here are some further elements worth exploring.