‘An ongoing impeachable offense’

“Given the vast and global scope of Trump’s business interests, many of which remain shrouded in secrecy, we cannot predict the full gamut of legal and constitutional challenges that lie ahead…While holding office, Mr. Trump will receive — by virtue of his continued…

Engage on your votes, not your diet plan, Rodney Davis

Rodney Davis, Republican representative for the Illinois 13th district, decided to up his Twitter game recently. The feed had been your run of the mill pictures, birthday shout-outs, and Christmas wishes. The last couple of weeks…

Rodney Davis offers a form letter and a “tele-townhall,” whatever that is

After calling his office on January 3 about the Office of Congressional Ethics, I received a response from Rep. Rodney Davis of the Illinois 13th district last night. It outlines the OCE, how the…

A philosophical crisis masquerading as a dirty joke

You would’ve thought that the president-elect’s sidelong quip about paying Russian sex workers to urinate on a hotel-room bed would have been the low point of today’s press conference. You’d’ve been wrong.

With Trump, the nation’s interests will always be incidental

Is it legal for a former Mr. Universe to get into a row on social media with a member of the WWE Hall of Fame? Sure. It’s pretty much required, even. How about a gameshow host and the man who replaced him? Of course, but the…

We have met the enemy and he is not us

Here’s how the president-elect chose to greet us this morning: “Happy New Year to all, including to my many enemies and those who have fought me and lost so badly they just don’t know what to do. Love!”

The innocence which constitutes the crime

The white supremacists marched in Charlottesville again last night.

The world’s a hard place. I’m sure it hasn’t treated some of them fairly. But any legitimate grievance they might have is poisoned by and now expressed as racism…