To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable
Politics And Personal Responsibility
BY SUSAN ESTRICH In the wake of the Newtown, CT, tragedy, every politician who has me on their e-mail list – and there are many, on both sides of the aisle – has been filling my inbox. All of the messages begin with the requisite expression of shock and horror, the business of sending out […]
A Declaration of Independence
Attorney General Merrick Garland refused to take the bait. Republicans, under the leadership of House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, were determined to turn what should have been a routine oversight hearing into a cross-examination of Garland over the prosecution of former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden’s son Hunter. Garland would have none […]
RIP To A GOP
BY SUSAN ESTRICH The Republicans don’t want him. The Democrats do. They would have booted him out. We’ll do everything we can to support his re-election. It’s a tough day when you leave your party, but being a hero certainly beats being reviled. The truth is that by the time he left the Republican Party, […]
Rooting For Newt
BY SUSAN ESTRICH Ask any honest Democrat, and they’ll tell you what I’m about to tell you: We’re rooting for Newt. The death penalty for marijuana? Replacing janitors with school kids? Mining the moon for minerals? Go, Newt. It’s not that the former speaker doesn’t have the smarts. Quite the contrary. He may be too […]
Happy Endings
BY SUSAN ESTRICH I know. The North Koreans are using President Bill Clinton’s visit for all their own reasons. Attention world: Here we are, our leader is alive, Bill Clinton is paying his due. They couldn’t be happier if they’d set the whole thing up. Which, of course, they did, by grabbing the journalists in […]