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Union Station LA is one of the great public spaces in the country. It was last of the great central stations of the age of rail, built in 1939, only

After the 2016 election, I sent private notes to a bunch of journalists/writers whose work helped me get through it all. While this one isn't over yet, I figured I'd

So glad you asked! My concern, as a devoted fan of the US Constitution, is the Court's reputation and function as a neutral arbiter between branches and parties. I don't

Sen. Tillis made a point I often do: that every dictator in the modern world ran a country with a Bill of a Rights. It’s true! Among those countries: the

Fake Constitutional Scholar here. ACB believes that the right to an abortion is not guaranteed in the Constitution. (She hasn't said that in so many words, but the people who

The US Constitution has been rewritten constantly, almost since its ratification. Eg: Chief Justice John Marshall decided in 1803 that the Constitution allowed SCOTUS to strike down legislation if "unconstitutional."

In response to my earlier post about my education in re: the military, David Finkel — author of the essential “The Good Soldiers” and “Thank You For Your Service” —

Like, I would guess, a lot of white people of my age (55) , right now I'm wondering how I could have grown up with an excellent education and still

This is a very good story, addressing the damage the President does to innocent people in clear and unstinting language. But there’s an odd thing I wanted to flag...https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/29/us/politics/trump-scarborough-klausuti

Keeping up a (wife’s) family Mem Day tradition: visting Westgate cemetery west of Chicago, to flag the graves of veterans, starting with my wife’s grandfather, Elliot Berman (US Army), WWII.

A thread about media, and "news literacy." One of the things I think about all the time is how little we know directly. You know about your family and friends,

Since he brought it up, here are the stories on the Trump WH that have won the noble Pulitzer Prize for Journalism (links available on each citation page): The @nytimes,