‘Like a pet chasing a shiny toy’: Columbia Journalism Dean blasts Trump coverage
Columbia Journalism School Dean Jelani Cobb says journalists need to avoid distractions, and drill down on what people running for office really stand for....
Lawyers preview hush money defense & prosecution closing arguments
What might be the closing arguments in the hush money trial? Defense attorney William J. Brennan and former Federal prosecutor Elie Honig take their best...
Gillespie: Libertarians unlikely to endorse Trump or RFK Jr.
The Libertarian Party has “never figured out whether or not they are an informational organization…or an actual political party that runs candidates who are credible...
Why are global and U.S. fertility rates plummeting?
The global fertility rate has fallen from 5 births per woman in 1950 to 2.3 in 2021 – and even lower in the U.S., partly...
Smerconish: “Something’s not right about this” hush money trial.
A viewer tweeted that the Trump hush money trial raises the concern that we are “so divided as a country that juries can’t deliver justice...
How will the Trump hush money trial end?
Previewing the upcoming closing arguments, former prosecutor Elie Honig posits, “Michael Cohen’s not even the star witness in this case. The star witness in this...
Smerconish: Flying the flag should not be partisan
The American flag has become so much more associated with one party and candidate that many refrain from flying it, even on patriotic holidays. And...
Why are Libertarians hosting Trump & RFK Jr. at Convention?
Why is the Libertarian party ceding the spotlight to the leading GOP and Independent candidates, instead of elevating candidates of its own? “It would be...
Putin’s military purge
Six military officials have been arrested in the last month, accused of corruption. Is Vladimir Putin cleaning house? Does it show he’s weak? Or strong?...
May 24, 2024 Israel-Hamas war
The United Nations’ top court has ordered Israel to immediately halt its controversial military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, further increasing international...