anthony d weiner
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Mr. Trump's glandular, impulsive and often vindictive character is the only reliable signal in the noise that is his presidency. Any conspiracy theory that doesn't take this into account is not likely to pan out. - Trump's war on Justice Department continues unabated in the new year.
- We have become a nation whose core values and safety are under siege, and too many of us prefer to ignore it.
- Moore isn't the first political candidate with a history of sexual misconduct but that doesn't get him a pass now.
- Even before the ink on the Constitution was dry, men in power have taken advantage of women. For the most part, those activities were pretty much relegated to the scandal sheets of their times, but in today’s wired world, accusations of sexual improprieties spread at the speed of light.
- Harvey Weinstein did what he wanted, and those around him largely let him. That’s something that should give us all pause.
- His Justice Department will likely ignore the epidemic of African-Americans killed by police, and he is against consent decrees, legal agreements between the DOJ and local police departments with patterns and practices of abuse or constitutional violations, intended to curb the unchecked power of local cops.
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I am quite the follower on social media—Facebook and Twitter in particular. I make no trolling comments, no #MAGA hashtags; I just look with
- Letter: Republicans want to alter election outcome
- James Comey warrants a reprimand for breaching the longtime DOJ policy of not discussing details of an ongoing investigation.
- With the campaign-shaking news last week that the FBI is going back down the rabbit hole of Hillary Clinton emails as the result of an unrelated investigation
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- Westminster performance features music, comedy, impressions
- It's easy to mock our Victorian forbears, with their formal manners and blind spots on race and gender. But they kept silent about their personal transgressions, even in the face of salacious reporting about them. And we could all stand to learn from that. Consider the first sex scandal in presidential politics, involving Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings.
- Mario Correa's "Commander," about a gay governor running for president, to get a timely premiere by Vagabond Players as part of Baltimore Playwright's Festival
- There's nothing like a little sex scandal to restore one's faith in politics as the greatest source of trashy entertainment. So, thank you, Missouri speaker of the house.
- Political consultants say Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler has wounded himself with a series of gaffes and scandals, but perhaps not mortally.
- I find Michael Gisriel's announced bid for one of the District 12 delegate's seats offensive. Given the fine representatives who have served our District over the years, it is insulting to our previous delegates and voters that a disbarred attorney, one with a failed term as an unsuccessful Maryland delegate in the late 1980s and an avowed special interest lobbyist to boot, would have the gall to say he's going to represent the people of District 12.
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- President Obama's plan for rescuing the economically stagnating middle class is trumped by yet another debt ceiling crisis on the horizon
- It's sex, money and politics in New York and Virginia with former Congressman Anthony Weiner and former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer back from their scandals and on the campaign trail again, and Virginia's first family awash in swag.
- Only those captured by Democratic-leaning media see GOP as out of touch
- Meghan Daum says that for women in high places, meeting a physical standard is part of the deal
- Akin rape comment not just one person's gaffe but insight into his party's view of women
- Neither the Republicans nor the Democrats are defined by their lunatic fringe
- Conventional wisdom says US journalism has higher standards than that of the Brits. But what about sites like TMZ and the major networks paying for interviews through the dodge of licensing fees? Will we pull back in wake of News of the World scandal?
- I have been thinking about media and public shame for a while now. And events this week with Rupert Murdoch internationally and Sheila Dixon locally have focused my troubled thoughts.
