Terry H. Schwadron Dec. 8, 2023 Why is reaction on public issues so limited to one-way or the other? Why isn’t our intake of news and information producing more reactions that prompt us to say “and” rather than “or,” even if they draw from another point of view? The week’s…

Terry H. Schwadron Dec. 7, 2023 We shouldn’t believe it until we see the votes, but signals were airing this week that House Republicans who have held out for months about any spending agreement that would keep the government functioning are easing up. The delayed deadline is next month. Compromises…

Terry H. Schwadron Dec. 6, 2023 A friend emailed with the question of why it is taking a book from lifelong conservative Liz Cheney to herald the idea that election of Donald Trump will usher in a dark period for democracy and its institutions, to say nothing of his promised…

Terry H. Schwadron Dec. 5, 2023 Last week, the Justice Department told us that they had charged an Indian man planning to assassinate a Sikh separatist leader on U.S. soil under the direction of a government official in India. It followed a similar, successful assassination plot against an outspoken Sikh…

Terry H. Schwadron Dec. 4, 2023 With attempts at negotiation shunted aside — even for hostage-for-prisoner exchanges that both sides want — the provocation of more Hamas missile aimed Israeli cities and the retaliatory military strikes against Gaza are back in full force. Two months in, including the break for…

Terry H. Schwadron Dec. 2, 2023 The headline is that the House voted to expel Republican George Santos from Congress because of the large pile of unanswered evidence of fraud and lies assembled by the House’s own bipartisan Ethics Committee. But the news may be that more Republican colleagues opposed…

Terry H. Schwadron Dec. 1, 2023 Public celebrations this week of the deaths of world strategist Henry Kissinger and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter triggered some opposing feelings about the cross among memory, legacy, and even forgiveness. Maybe we do think some ill of the dead. As the memorial service…

Terry H. Schwadron Nov. 30, 2023 However incongruous and divorced from the realities of warfare involving Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan, there’s a conversation going on in Congress about finding a way to trade changes in U.S. …

Terry H. Schwadron Nov. 29, 2023 Even as the House was ponying up a vote to expel Rep. George Santos, R-NY, for his enormous pile of public fraud, lies, and apparent violations of federal law, there was a nearly unanimous sigh, as if to say, “What took so long.” Even…