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Most ex-members of Congress trying for comebacks left under unhappy circumstances

Sherrod Brown isn’t the only former senator with the name abbreviation “S. Brown” seeking a comeback in the 2026 midterm elections. The Ohio Democrat is joined by, among others, former Sen. Scott Brown of New Hampshire, who was, briefly, an Obama-agenda-thwarting Republican hero a dozen years ago. The Browns, along with former Sen. John E. […]

Trump’s grudging acknowledgment of the presidential two-term limit still raises concerns

President Donald Trump last fall acknowledged that the Constitution bars him from running for a third term. But more recently, he’s seemed to open the door a bit, from posting an AI image with him holding a sign that read, “TRUMP 2028, YES!” to talking to Alan Dershowitz about the upcoming book by the Harvard Law […]

Brigitte Bardot, 1934–2025

To put the death of Brigitte Bardot in the proper perspective, let us consider this fact: Bardot, the ravishing siren of French cinema who caught the attention of the world with the 1956 movie . . . And God Created Woman, was a mere eight years younger than Marilyn Monroe, her closest analogue in American […]

Trump says US will start ‘hitting land’ in pursuit of drug cartels

President Donald Trump announced the United States will soon engage in military operations on land to hold drug cartels accountable.  Trump spoke of plans to expand operations on land to implement a crackdown on cartels and the damage they cause in the U.S. during an interview with Fox News’s Sean Hannity on Thursday.  He first […]

A decade without David Bowie

David Bowie personally appears on the cover of 24 of his solo albums, depicting himself as a bowl-cut heartthrob, an androgynous blond, a space alien in human disguise, a cigarette-smoking lounge creature, a sideways pair of legs, and an oddly undersized boxer. On the front of his 25th album, released two days before his death […]

The dream of Song Sung Blue

The year is young, but you are not likely to encounter in 2026 at the cinema two people who love life more than Mike Sardina and Claire Stingl in the wonderfully entertaining new movie Song Sung Blue.  Mike, played by a rangy, companionable Hugh Jackman, is a striving singer in Milwaukee who has battled the […]

‘Landman’ grows up

During the first season of Landman, we encounter the protagonist, Tommy Norris, hooded and shackled, delivering a lecture to his Mexican cartel captors. The kidnappers are as unhappy that Tommy is building oil pumpjacks on West Texas land they have been using to smuggle drugs and migrants into the United States as they are unconvinced […]

Philadelphia’s district attorney warns ICE agents ‘who commit crimes’ to get ‘the F out’

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner held a press conference on Thursday and issued a stark warning to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Krasner told ICE agents who are in his city, or planning to come to his city, to “get the F out of here” if they were coming to “commit crimes.” Krasner’s press conference […]

Trump says only his ‘own morality’ limits presidential powers, dismissing international law

President Donald Trump said his power is only limited by his “own morality” in an interview with the New York Times Wednesday. Trump’s comment come after the United States arrested the leader of Venezuela in a special military operation, stirring controversy in the international community for the administration’s bold action. When asked if he had […]

Federal agents shoot two people in Portland day after deadly Minneapolis ICE shooting

Federal agents wounded two people in a shooting in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday. The Portland shooting comes a day after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis shot and killed a woman accused of trying to run him over. The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that Border Patrol agents were conducting […]
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