NOTE: This article was updated on Jan. 6, 2023. It incorporates testimony to the January 6th committee and FBI, court proceedings, interviews, social media tracks, media reports, and more material from journalist Kevin James Shay’s book, Operation Chaos: The Capitol Attack and the Campaign to Erode Democracy. “All hell is…

The question is not how to solve the problem. The question is do most older Americans want to solve it at all. — Somewhere in the middle of 1971 rural Tennessee, where you could still smell the stench from the blood of Freedom Riders all the way from Alabama when an unlikely breeze blew in from the lakes on a hot summer day, my family stopped at the Cockroach Motel. We had risen…

Many people relax at a beach or mountain resort during annual vacations. I drive long distances with my kids, chasing a moment to really remember. — We do not take a trip; a trip takes us. — John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America, 1961 This is Part 1 of two parts. It is almost dark as Dad drives the station wagon over the Texas border into Arkansas. We are on our annual long…

FBI Director Hoover replied to suspect in letter about four years after Kennedy’s assassination; most ignore this compelling evidence This article was updated on November 17, 2022. As the anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s death approaches once again, the new information released about the crime of the 20th century has…

Republicans block student debt relief program, U.S. Supreme Court not expected to rule until June 2023 — This article was updated on December 2, 2022. Growing up Catholic, I learned the “Lord’s Prayer” when I wasn’t having to pour wine for the priests during Mass as an altar boy. A key line to me was the part asking God to “forgive us our debts, as we also…

Democrats did better than expected, though Republicans, aided by gerrymandering, take the U.S. House The political party controlling the White House generally does poorly in midterm elections. But on November 8, Democrats defied that trend to perform better than expected and hold losses in the badly-gerrymandered U.S. House to a…

Attack on Pelosi’s spouse was predictable based on Republicans’ long-time effort to violently target her Carrying a semi-automatic rifle and a box of documents representing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s “radical agenda,” Mike Collins places the box near some trees in an isolated woods. The Georgia Republican, who is running for…

Before Maryland’s next governor takes his first political office in January, supporters urge him to run for higher office This article was updated on December 2, 2022. Maryland is one of the most Democratic states in the U.S. In 2020, some 64.5 percent of voters in this Mid-Atlantic state chose…

Alvarez, Harper, Pena among top postseason stars who shine brighter under more pressure — October was the time of the MLB season for the stars to shine. But unlikely candidates often outperform the stars on the big postseason stage. Two of the biggest regular-season stars, the Angels’ Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani, were once again locked out of the playoffs. Trout has only seen…