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Unknown Washington Highlights Are Off the Beaten Path May. 17, 2025
By Victor Block More than 25 million Americans visit Washington, D.C., each year. Most come to enjoy... Read More
Jeffrey Goldberg Congratulates Himself All Over PBS Apr. 02, 2025
At the Capitol grilling of the PBS and NPR CEOs on March 26, Rep. Pat Fallon (R-Texas) asked PBS bos... Read More
What's Just as Important as Free Speech? A Few Things, Actually. Apr. 01, 2025
SAN DIEGO — I occasionally find myself speaking to Latino immigrants, legal and otherwise. I ... Read More
Delight in Washington's Cherry Blossoms and Citywide Festival Mar. 09, 2025
By Candyce H. Stapen In spring, Washington, D.C., dazzles. That's when more than 2,500 cherry trees ... Read More
Time for Americans to Disbelieve Trump and Believe Their Own Eyes Feb. 19, 2025
In the 1933 movie farce "Duck Soup," Chico Marx famously asks Margaret Dumont, "Who ya gonna believe... Read More
In Order To Preserve U.S. Citizenship, Republicans Destroy What It Means Jan. 23, 2025
SAN DIEGO — Well, this is revealing. The Republican Party has no clothes. Due to a splattering... Read More
Trump Finds His Inspiration in Failed Policies of the Past Jan. 22, 2025
President Franklin D. Roosevelt promised the American people a "New Deal," and President John F. Ken... Read More
Trump Isn't a Gracious Winner, Which Feels Like a Loss for America Jan. 21, 2025
SAN DIEGO — My wife and I have tried to teach our kids to be good losers but also — and ... Read More
Trump Faces His Own Battle of Waterloo on Election Day Oct. 23, 2024
Some of the cost for Donald Trump's room and board after the November election will be borne by taxp... Read More
Donald Trump, 2024's 'Beetlejuice' Candidate Oct. 16, 2024
It's not often that Donald Trump engages in understatement, but he did in his oft-repeated statement... Read More
Supreme Court Grants Trump, Future Presidents a Loaded Weapon To Break the Law Jul. 08, 2024
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
The Supreme Court's decision to grant presidents immunity from prosecution for criminal acts committ... Read More
House Speaker Johnson Plays Dangerous Game of Politics With Intelligence Agencies Jun. 19, 2024
Perhaps the entry on my resume I'm proudest of is my four years as counsel to the Senate Intelligenc... Read More
McConnell's Judicial Gamesmanship Clears Path for Trump Second Term Mar. 07, 2024
Mitch McConnell has announced he will step down from his leadership of Senate Republicans at the end... Read More
Is This the Real Life? Is This Just Fantasy? Feb. 04, 2024
I gathered my thoughts in an adjacent room, filled with the light of the sun already mostly set on t... Read More
Biden-Media 'Insurrection' Big Lie Jan. 11, 2024
President Joe Biden, on the third anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol building riot, gave a fie... Read More
Witness to the Jan. 6 Rampage: The War Within Jan. 10, 2024
WASHINGTON — "American carnage" was what Donald Trump envisioned in his first address as presi... Read More
Joe Biden's Scary Speech on Jan. 6 Jan. 09, 2024
Last Friday, ahead of the anniversary of Jan. 6, President Joe Biden gave a speech near Valley Forge... Read More
Facing a Choice of Despotism or Democracy Jan. 05, 2024
Ever since Donald Trump declared that he would run for president again, his attempt to seize illegit... Read More
Dine With History in Washington, D.C. Dec. 30, 2023
By Victor Block President Lyndon Johnson and Speaker of the House of Representatives Sam Rayburn use... Read More
No Wiggle Room in Determining Trump's Eligibility for Presidency Dec. 27, 2023
Over the years millions of American parents must have told their children, "In America, anyone can b... Read More
