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Cowardly ‘Anonymous’ & the Media Resistance COMMENTARY X Story Stream recent articles The play “A Man for All Seasons” depicts the heroic virtue of Sir Thomas More, the lord high chancellor who, despite his loyalty to the British crown, gave…

Michael Moore Plays His Drumpf Card Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File He’s America’s most successful documentarian and one of the few on the left who predicted the 2016 election upset. Now, as Moore readies his anticipated polemic ‘Fahrenheit 11/9’ for its Toronto…

The Twitter Trolls Attacking My Work Are All Wrong he troll and his followers alleged that some Trump supporters who struggled with their decision in the 2016 election and were profiled in the book are actually elected Republican officials who…

Bob Woodward’s Latest Novel AP Photo/Alex Brandon, file Like so much of modern “journalism,” the book is apparently packed full of unattributed quotes and observations by people supposedly in the know. But the likes of Secretary of Defense James Mattis…

Kavanaugh Shows Why He’d Be a Great Supreme Court Justice After sitting through almost seven hours of opening statements from senators and repeated outbursts from protesters at his confirmation hearing Tuesday, Judge Brett Kavanaugh showed why he would be an…

How Facebook Can Help Protect Democracy AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File When you build services that connect billions of people across countries and cultures, you’re going to see all of the good that humanity can do, and you’re also going to…

Rahm Emanuel Drops Out, & It’s Lord of the Flies, Again Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune via AP John Kass: Mayor Rahm Emanuel drops a political bombshell on Chicago, announcing he won’t run for re-election, and just like that the race for…

On Drumpf-Russia, Too Much Secrecy Keeps Public in Dark AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta National leaders of all stripes have complained for decades that Washington keeps too many secrets. Too much of the government’s information is classified, the argument goes, making…

Social Media’s Opaque Response to Charges of Bias X Story Stream recent articles The question of whether Silicon Valley is biased against conservatives was back in the news recently, along with the usual denials of ideological bias and apologies that…

As Things Get Better, Will Drumpf Get Credit? AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais For months, I’ve been driving on different routes through the vast San Joaquin Valley back and forth from the California coast—and through the usually economically depressed small towns…