Terry H. Schwadron June 4, 2023 We’ve had several days now of relatively empty worship at the altar of bipartisanship, even while learning that behind the scenes, there was a lot more interest in protecting political image than in setting a new standard for the federal debt or spending. The…

Terry H. Schwadron June 2, 2023 News coverage and legal analysis following last week’s Supreme Court decision blocking enforcement of federal wetlands laws have made clear that the nation’s commitment to clean water is in trouble. But it also made clear that the ever-more right-wing court majority is headed towards…

Terry H. Schwadron June 1, 2023 Once again, it’s just bad that writers remain hung up in an ugly, extended contract fight with film and television producers. As a fan of hypocrisy, ethics, and politics, this one is set up to be an episode waiting for television drama treatment: We…

Terry H. Schwadron May 31, 2023 Even as Republicans in Congress — and more generally the Republican presidential candidates — continue to deny the need for systematic governmental response to climate change, here comes the business community offering up a reality slap in the face. State Farm, California’s top homeowner…

Terry H. Schwadron May 31, 2023 We’re just shy of the whip counts, pressure campaigns, and last-minute, high-stakes lobbying efforts to get this no-one-quite-happy debt ceiling deal through Congress. …

Terry H. Schwadron May 29, 2023 Despite his botched announcement, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has jumped into the Republican presidential stakes with both feet, apparently working feverishly to ensure that he is on the absolutely wrong side of almost every public issue that matters to people I know. Of course…

Terry H. Schwadron May 27, 2023 For whatever reasons, we don’t have laws about ostriches sticking their heads in the sand. But current times are certainly bringing about many violations of ignoring the obvious to make political points. Just this last week, the Indiana Medical Licensing Board found an Indianapolis…

Terry H. Schwadron May 26, 2023 By now, the successful one-parent challenge to remove Amanda Gorman’s inaugural poem-book, The Hill We Climb, from elementary schools in Miami-Dade County in Florida have been chewed and processed as wild, upsetting excess of a MAGA-led revolt against reason and access to ideas. Even…

Terry H. Schwadron May 24, 2023 Since Donald Trump doesn’t really want to campaign on what exactly he would seek to do as president, the Axios.com …