Trust in American institutions has been dissipating for over a half a century. Long before we had the COVID-19 arguments over masks, we already had Watergate, Vietnam, and Iran-Contra. Each of those made us wonder if the folks in charge knew what they were doing or were lying to our faces. For ...
Ironically enough, the actions of the president who was the chief champion of American democracy to the world in the 20th century could be repurposed by Donald Trump to do serious, perhaps permanent, harm to that very form of government in the U.S. In the summer of 1941, as the United States ...
Q. Something really awful happened. My mom’s best friend has a daughter who committed suicide. I didn’t know the daughter that well, but I observed her mom grieve and my mom got all worried about me. I’ve felt depressed off and on in my life but I’ve never even thought of ending it all. ...
It was a different time. In fact, the crazy fun we had in the ’70s was like a spin-off from the fun sitcom “Delta House” or the movie “Animal House.” Every Thursday night, we had a standing invitation from our friend Jim to go to Carl and Ethel’s basement. Jim didn’t live there ...
The president who fashions himself a man worthy of a Nobel Peace Prize should make peace with the American people. Donald Trump is unique among his predecessors. Never over the course of 250 years has a leader of the country so deliberately sown seeds of discord and disunity. Trump's anger and ...
By Richard Robbins Conor Lamb is back. The former Allegheny County congressman who lost a Democratic Senate primary to John Fetterman in 2022 is speaking at political venues across the state, broadcasting on Substack, jotting regularly on X, and showing up on national television. Young, ...
