If there is one thing Donald Trump understands, it's that government, like a good movie, demands quick takes. In Trump-world, no scene runs longer than two minutes. Were it otherwise, the patrons – in this case, that means all of us – would look elsewhere for entertainment. The buzz ...
On Nov. 25, 1960, the Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic were brutally murdered for standing against dictatorship and injustice. Their courage prompted the United Nations to declare this date the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women in 1999. This day marks ...
The Oct. 21 issue of New York Magazine, in its usual sensationalistic style, did a deep-dive report titled “Can the media survive?” The magazine interviewed 57 of the most influential people in the media industry to determine what is going on and where media is headed. I found this ...
I wrote in an Oct. 27 op-ed that “the Democratic Party is in the process of imploding with the likelihood of fading into even greater irrelevance than it currently enjoys.” The op-ed continued, “The Democratic Party is circling the drain.” The election is over, mostly, and indeed ...
Dot-dot-dot. Dash-dash-dash. Dot-dot-dot. The Morse code abbreviation for SOS became a well-known symbol for me as a youngster. The code was not important to know because I needed saving, but because it was a universal code for help. Everyone interested in communicating worldwide knew about ...
Franklin Roosevelt accepted the nomination of his party in June 1936 for a second term as president with a speech that has special meaning today. In 1936, the United States was still trying to find its way out of the most calamitous economic crisis in its history. The stock market crash of ...
