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JEFF ROBBINS: The best of us: 25 years later, reflecting on Windows of Hope
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (340+ words) bakersfield.com Jeff Robbinsâ latest book, âNotes From the Brink: A Collection of Columns about Policy at Home and Abroad,â is available now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books and Google Play. Robbins, a former assistant United States…...
A Society of Strangers, by Jamie Stiehm
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (691+ words) "True is it that we have seen better days." — William Shakespeare Pearl Harbor brought out the best in the American people. We responded by pulling together for a major mobilization when an act of war landed on our soil in…...
Undaunted - by Jennifer Rubin
3+ week, 1+ day ago (315+ words) Donald Trump’s authoritarian mindset treats government property as his own and considers Congress, not to mention previous administrations’ policy precedents, as nuisances at best. These days, however, federal courts are halting his imperious disregard for the rule of law. This…...
Who belongs here? - by Rob Cameron
4+ week, 1+ day ago (859+ words) A Slovak married couple and their young son are confronting an extraordinary question: does our family exist? They’re demanding what the European Court of Justice says all EU citizens enjoy - recognition of a marriage that was legally concluded in another…...
Growing into a Leader by James Toberman
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (426+ words) OUT ON THE HILL is the official blog of the Victory Congressional Interns. Views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of LGBTQ+ Victory Institute. Learn more about the internship at victoryinstitute.org/vci. __________________________ When I showed up on my first day…...
One-Eyed Monsters - Open Letters, from Anne Applebaum
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (404+ words) I read The Odyssey in college, but have just bought Wilson’s translation in order to read it again. That also makes me part of a very large crowd, which I don’t mind at all. Continuing to monitor conflicts of interest,…...
An Era Nears Its End - by Steve Tavares
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (471+ words) —After decades of remarkable stability at the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, the first sign of the sweeping changes to come arrived with Scott Haggerty’s retirement in 2020 after 24 years in office. Following Haggerty’s death last week at age 68, only one…...
Game over - by Eoin Higgins
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (421+ words) Welcome to The Flashpoint. It’s all over but the crying for Maine Democrat Graham Platner, whose upstart primary campaign for US Senate made him a national figure. On Monday, Politico reported allegations of sexual assault from a former partner of…...
Left on a Jet Plane - by Jeff Stein
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (277+ words) I was vaccinated against Trump Derangement Syndrome long before he showed up on the Potomac. Nixon, Ford, the Bushes, Vietnam, Watergate, Iraq, Afghanistan—all had sanded off the edges of my rage over the years. Plus, of course, there were…...
Not Dead Yet - by Meghan Houser
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (348+ words) Our president is trying to take America down with him. I’m sorry to mark our 250th anniversary by recapping the horrible present. But it’s necessary to put into context just how much this administration has no business celebrating a milestone of…...