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September 21, 2021

Blame and deflection: Our new national pastime run amok

Our politics now seems once massive and relentless blame game, our fingers growing tired from all the finger-pointing—from Kabul to Covid, the script is much the same.

September 17, 2021

Sexual abuse of Olympic athletes: The FBI’s shocking, inexplicable failure

The shocking testimonies of Simon Biles, Aly Raisman, McKayla Maroney, and Maggie Nichols talk and the gut-wrenching sexual abuse they suffered from Larry Nassar changed our understanding of a story we thought we knew.

September 16, 2021

Trump, allies attack Milley as Woodward book triggers nuclear reaction

The nuclear fallout over the latest Bob Woodward book, and its disclosures about Gen. Mark Milley, is exposing a fundamental contradiction in political warfare.

September 15, 2021

Vaccine mandates are popular, even as Nicki Minaj and others take shots at the shots

Nicki Minaj warned her 22 million followers that the coronavirus vaccine had an adverse effect on her cousin's friend — which drew backlash from media personalities and others.

September 14, 2021

Biden’s fortunes fall as some sympathetic conservatives turn on him

President Joe Biden’s low-key style—explicitly marketed as an alternative to the frenetic Trump years—is soothing when things are seen as going well. But when the news cycle overwhelms him, a president who grants few interviews and limits press questions can appear relegated to the sidelines.

September 10, 2021

The legacy of 9/11: How the attacks changed us forever

It’s hard to forget 9/11, the darkest day in American history. The shock, the horror, the anguish, the anger, the sense of helplessness, the indelible memory of where you were during the terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania.

September 9, 2021

When fake news goes viral: Lessons of a lie about ivermectin

The latest media fiasco involves ivermectin, which some people are using to treat Covid-19 even though the FDA says it’s useless. So the right is sympathetic to the drug and the left dismisses it as snake oil for Trump types.

September 8, 2021

Trump teases 2024 announcement, but is he just playing the media?

It may be the big move or it may be a head fake, but Donald Trump wants you to believe he’s about to start running for president.

September 3, 2021

From Joe Rogan to Mike Flynn, the rise in bashing — and banning — ideological opponents

Joe Rogan has contracted Covid — and some folks are practically gloating because the popular podcaster has made skeptical comments about vaccines.

September 2, 2021

What war? Liberal media find a new target, Madison Cawthorn and ‘civil war’

Biden’s role in the chaotic end to the war was obviously not a good story for a network catering to liberal viewers, which sees anything related to Trump and the Capitol riot as in its sweet spot.