American principles don’t matter to Republicans addicted to political expediency
The modern Republican Party often still invokes the language of “law and order,” but the phrase has undergone a profound transformation since the era of Barry Goldwater and Richard Nixon. Once framed—however imperfectly—as a defense of constitutional stability, public order, and civic responsibility, the slogan today exists alongside open contempt for democratic institutions, election integrity,…
Scientists admit they are imperfect, but lying politicians cannot be trusted
It is later than you think. The men in white coats who measure the fever of this planet have just done something remarkable. They have taken their most terrifying prophecy—the one where your grandchildren bake beneath a sky gone mad with heat—and they have quietly laid it in a drawer. They have called it “implausible.”…
Instead of a boring televised trial, feed Tyler Robinson to a hungry lion
By James J. Devine Let us, for a moment, set aside the dusty niceties of the Sixth Amendment, the tedious presumption of innocence, and the general inconvenience of a months-long courtroom slog. The people have made up their minds. The scrolling headlines have declared it. Tyler Robinson, the young man accused of putting a bullet…
Trump-loving donors are backing incumbent Congressman Rob Menendez Jr.
The mailers arrive in Jersey City mailboxes with a photograph that tells a lie through its teeth. There is Rob Menendez, the incumbent congressman, standing shoulder to shoulder with Ravi Bhalla, the former Hoboken mayor who ran against him in a bitter 2024 primary. They appear collegial, almost friendly. The caption touts Menendez as the…
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