Terry H. Schwadron Dec. 1, 2022 Just this week, a spurt of news has served as a reminder of the fragility of laws and practices meant to guarantee our American values. For months, years maybe, whether in courts or in the Congress and White House, we’ve witnessed how narrow the…

Terry H. Schwadron Nov. 30 ,2022 Interestingly, public protest suddenly is back as a desired and praised political tactic. At least it seems that protest is good as long as it involves the Other Guys. The media and various officials seem almost gleeful in reporting that thousands — no, tens…

Terry H. Schwadron Nov. 29, 2022 Through election season and even into the start of holiday weeks, the reports in this country about the effects of high prices have felt overstated when compared with underlying economic factors. Discord and discomfort may make for good politics, but — with exceptions —…

Terry H. Schwadron Nov. 28, 2022 From the outset, I don’t care with whom Donald Trump has dinner. Nor until he has something substantive to say about policies do I much care about what silly nicknames he creates for perceived rivals, the size of his invented and recruited crowds or…

Terry H. Schwadron Nov. 18, 2022 As far as anyone could tell, the news out of a meeting between Xi Jinping and Joe Biden this week, their first in-person meetup since Biden became president, was that there was no new conflict, either military or economic, that there were no drawn…

Terry H. Schwadron Nov. 17, 2022 Fellow governmental skeptics: We just saw a good example that whom you put in office and some combination of cooperation and back-room dealings can have beneficial effects. The vote yesterday in the Senate was only preliminary, but it happened in such a true bipartisan…

Terry H. Schwadron Nov. 16, 2022 At any other time with any other candidate, Donald Trump’s announcement of a third bid to the U.S. presidency would be seen as wrongheaded. Indeed, the announcement was downright offensive for someone who tried to overthrow his own government by claiming it was righteous…

Terry H, Schwadron Nov. 15, 2022 However rare — or maybe by mistake — we heard a good post-election idea about politics from Sen. Josh Hawley, (R-Mo.), of all people, though perhaps not for the reasons he was suggesting it. We will ever keep the memory of Hawley raising his…

Terry H. Schwadron Nov. 14, 2022 Amid all the elections reports and commentary highlighting a general complaint about crime and police cutbacks, you may not have seen that The Washington Post had offered an interesting investigation of non-fatal police shootings. If you have listened to Republican candidates talking about perceived…