Author: danps

A recent Supreme Court ruling illustrates yet again the dangers of ever-expanding the power of the president.  Perhaps even more troubling, partisans on both sides continue to be largely silent about it. For more on pruning...

The former vice president would rather we not know what he said in a voluntary interview with a special prosecutor.  But he kept it out of the legal system to suit his purposes at the time, and the inconvenience of that...

Some of the president’s supporters may be politely ignoring some of the issues involving him.  Whatever the strategic benefits at the moment, doing so may not be in the left’s long term interest. For more on...

Little-noticed authority granted to the president several decades ago may be helping the architects of the crackdown in Iran.  The unintended consequences are enough to justify a second look at whether those powers should...

Quotes from those involved in the events of the past week, taken from a variety of sources. Cross posted from Pruning Shears.No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this postM.E. Dabiri:A white-haired man...