Corruption… How redistricting can distort democracy 16 May 2019 By Marcy Kaptur SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON POST The Spokesman Review 5/16/19 When I was first elected to Congress in 1982, women weren’t allowed in the House gym, American Motors…
Business… ARE WE LOSING THE TRADE WAR? 16 May 2019 By Robert J Samuelson The Spokesman Review 5/16/19 The Trump administration is going about its trade war with China all wrong. Its strategy and tactics are muddled. If Trump were…
Agriculture… Trump’s tariffs on China: What are they? How do they work? 12 May 2019 The Spokesman Review 5/12/19 By Paul Wiseman ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has heightened tensions with China by escalating his tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods from…
Government… No, Mitch McConnell, it isn’t “case closed.” 10 May 2019 The Spokesman Review 5/10/19 By DANA MILBANK No, Mr. Leader, it’s not “finally over.” No, we’re not going to “end this.” Neither will we “move on.” We, as a nation,…
Corruption… James Comey: How Trump Co-opts Leaders Like Bill Barr 1 May 2019 Accomplished people lacking inner strength can’t resist the compromises necessary to survive this president. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/01/opinion/william-barr-testimony.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes
Civility… Trump’s ex-colleagues open up about his long history of lies 5 Apr 2019 CNN's Gloria Borger digs into President Trump's history with truth and lies https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/04/05/trump-origins-with-lying-borger-dnt-ac360-vpx.cnn
Government… WHEN IGNORANCE HAS CONSEQUENCES 4 Apr 2019 MICHAEL GERSON SYNDICATED COLUMNIST Copyright © 2019 Spokesman-Review 4/4/2019. There are times when Donald Trump manages to be so wrong – so empirically groundless, so logically fallacious, so stridently uninformed…
Corruption… 3 theories on why Donald Trump’s lies don’t seem to faze him (or his supporters) 4 Apr 2019 Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/03/politics/donald-trump-lies-reasons/index.html
Civility… Trump’s Latest Attacks Place Him in the Company of Authoritarian Strongmen 27 Mar 2019 “This is the kind of thing that gets democracies into trouble,” says one political scientist https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-authoritarian-mueller-813585/amp/?__twitter_impression=true&fbclid=IwAR1-AagJlLeyRbE4zeDnPgGz67pp1aIt3xVBSy__jkWLUFlTDPEG1-qGtck
Government… MUELLER’S GIFT: A NORMAL ELECTION? 26 Mar 2019 The Spokesman Review 3/26/19 By George F. Will WASHINGTON POST Robert Mueller’s report is a gift to the nation, which now knows what was already a reasonable surmise: that its…
