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Every newspaper columnist in America is expected to write 800 words every week about President Donald J. Trump.

I refuse.

I refuse because there's no point in calling someone an "enemy of the state" unless you want to kill them, and I don't want to be remembered just for the political stuff.

"Come on," I'll tell the hooded and robed judges....Read more

It's not hard to understand why Sen. Ruben Gallego voted for the Republican-written Laken Riley Act. The measure would force the federal detention without bail for undocumented migrants accused of any kind of theft. It is named after the Georgia nursing student bludgeoned to death by an undocumented migrant who had previously been apprehended ...Read more

The fires got the new president's attention. In his inaugural address, he pointed to them: "From weeks ago, without even a token of defense, they're raging through the houses and communities, even affecting some of the wealthiest and most powerful individuals in our country, some of whom are sitting here right now. They don't have a home any ...Read more

This year, the presidential inauguration took place on the federal holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. President Trump fully exploited the opportunity, hijacking King's memory to advance his agenda. In his inaugural address, Trump took immediate aim at diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI. The bigotry embedded in Trump's plans to "...Read more

Donald Trump won the whole Monopoly game. He never went directly to jail and always passed go. Timid Merrick Garland, the attorney general, was no match and didn't even buy a railroad.

The Big Tech money boys were literally behind Trump, in obsequious unity as he was sworn in as president Monday at high noon in the Capitol rotunda.

The ...Read more

It's been my honor to know a few real heroes -- people who've selflessly dared to fight greed and oppression to advance the common good. Diane Wilson, for example.

For 40 years, this fiery fourth-generation fisherwoman from the Texas Gulf Coast has battled tenaciously for the rights and very survival of the area's hardscrabble ...Read more

The American Civil Liberties Union and immigrants' rights advocates sued the Trump administration on its first day in office after President Donald Trump signed an executive order that seeks to strip certain babies born in the U.S. of the United States citizenship that the Constitution guarantees to them.

The lawsuit charges the Trump ...Read more

Hamas' release of three Israeli women it kidnapped and held hostage for 471 days provided quite the split-screen on Sunday. Israelis rejoiced that these young innocents had finally made it out of Hamas tunnels alive. Hundreds of Gazans surrounded the cars carrying the women to freedom, cursing them and vowing -- guess what? -- to continue a ...Read more

Right before his inauguration, Donald Trump issued a $TRUMP meme coin featuring a defiant him pumping his fist after an assassination attempt. Shortly after their release, the market capitalization for $TRUMP coins passed $5 billion.

Oracle of Omaha Warren Buffett once called bitcoin "rat poison squared." Jamie Dimon, chief at JPMorgan Chase,...Read more

Of course the state has a legitimate interest in preventing minors from accessing porn online that is intended for adults. Who could be against that? Certainly not the state of Texas, which overwhelmingly passed a law requiring porn sites to verify the age of users seeking access to their sites. Sort of like showing your ID when you're buying ...Read more

Legalized bribery is still bribery -- and there is no other way to describe the celebration that marks the second presidential inauguration of Donald Trump.

With the menacing manner of a mob boss, Trump has extorted million-dollar contributions from dozens of corporations that fear federal retribution against their shareholders or management ...Read more

Does America value second chances? Looking at presidential election results, you'd think yes. Donald Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. Then, Judge Juan Merchan issued an "unconditional discharge" for it all, meaning Trump will not face any jail time or be subject to any fines. He not ...Read more

One of my editorial cartoonist colleagues got arrested for child pornography (or "child sexual abuse material," as it is also called) this week. As I write this, he is in jail, apparently unable to make bail, awaiting arraignment.

I won't get into the details of his case, or at least the details we have so far, here. It is, as these things go...Read more

"When I stand here today, about to take the Oath of Office, the flags at half-staff remind me of the long line of presidents. In particular, I am reminded of President Jimmy Carter, a man of honor, compassion and duty, a veteran, a man of deep faith, a fighter for human rights, a man who loved one woman his whole adult life, and a man who ...Read more

When Donald Trump took over the White House back in January 2017, an appalled opposition started a movement called "the resistance." Its purpose was to stop Trump's worst excesses. Some may recall the massive Women's Marches and other anti-Trump demonstrations.

This time, past resisters are saying they are exhausted. Efforts to revive the ...Read more

While I've been mainlining local news to see if my house, on the edge of an evacuation zone, was going to survive, my daughter (who I've been staying with) has been doing research on the air. As depressing as it has been to see these fires destroying my adopted hometown, it's been worse to hear my daughter's reports on the air around us, and ...Read more