Month: November 2017

The NYTs Recommends the WaMo for Policy

It was nice to see David Leonhardt of the New York Times single out the Washington Monthly this morning as his solitary recommendation for readers to go to for policy. Here’s the explanation for his piece: Holiday...

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Trump Wants to Keep the Base Close

Drew Harwell has a piece in the Washington Post that looks at the unusual behavior of Donald Trump Jr. Here’s the key takeaway: Presidential children traditionally serve to soften and humanize their fathers, reminding...

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Rendition

Front-page story – Can Trump Survive Star Witness Michael Flynn? … Kidnap is called “rendition” in the Clinton – Bush – Obama years of presidency. No offense It’s a favorite procedure by...

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Can Trump Survive Star Witness Michael Flynn?

There’s a real sense in which it is a crime to obstruct justice even if no underlining crime is ever proven, but it’s certainly a more serious thing to deliberately undermine an investigation if the crime that is the...

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