Terry H. Schwadron Sept. 28, 2022 Where are the solutions? Kevin McCarthy, the House Minority Leader who sees himself so at the verge of ousting Speaker Nancy Pelosi, has issued his “Commitment to America” agenda for the Republican majority he expects as a knockoff of the 1994 “Contract With America,”…

Terry H. Schwadron Sept. 27, 2022 OK, here comes a little armchair exploration of psychology of greed, prompted by the vastness of the allegations filed last week against Donald Trump, his family and company over perpetual falsification of sworn financial and tax documents over decades and across his real estate…

Terry H. Schwadron Sept. 26, 2022 Recent news reports seem to underscore that dangerous politics, shaky elections and growing hate for The Other are far easier to recognize far away than close to home. It is far more common for our own politicians to heap bipartisan abuse on Russian…

Terry H. Schwadron Sept. 23, 2022 This suddenly seems the season for witnessing the reaction of those cornered by their circumstances. In a world of fight or flight, we’re seeing a lot of stiffened resistance, regardless of right and wrong. …

Terry H. Schwadron Sept. 22. 2022 The legal soap opera that describes the effort to recover government documents, including dozens marked with serious classified labels, from Mar-a-Lago had almost obscured the clarifying role that a good judge can bring. In a single day on Tuesday, Federal District Court Judge Raymond…

Terry H. Schwadron Sept. 21, 2022 The evidence that we don’t know even how to trade political insults effectively is pouring in daily now that we are in high political season. We’re picking at words and terms, whether intentional or slips, to pin the opponent with being so extreme, so…

Terry H. Schwadron Sept. 20, 2022 Amid the flood of florid words and posh images of Queen Elizabeth’s funeral, what struck most was the role afforded to music at these grand moments, especially those that require bridging cultures and languages. I’ll leave the questions of anachronistic monarchy and what to…

Terry H. Schwadron Sept. 19, 2022 Despite either shaming Republican governors or exalting them over sending busloads or planeloads of migrants from the border to Washington, New York, Chicago and now Martha’s Vineyard, neither Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis nor Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is about to stop. Instead, they will…

Terry H. Schwadron Sept. 17, 2022 Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. felt obligated this week to speak publicly to defend the “legitimacy” of the Supreme Court, since poll after poll finds the respect for the abruptly turned conservative majority to be increasingly out of step with precedents, partisan independence…