Terry H. Schwadron Jan. 31, 2023 Even if your political news habits don’t include Newsmax, an outwardly right-leaning media outlet, you might be interested by its very noisy dispute going on with DirecTV. It’s a business smash-up that has right-wing Washington turning political cartwheels over the propaganda-vs.-censorship era in…

Terry H. Schwadron Jan. 30, 2023 As soon as we hear of new scientific or technological development, we seem to react in automatic, predictable, and nearly immediate manner: What’s the practical application? How can we make money from this? Is it going to help people cheat? Of course, the reactions…

Terry H. Schwadron Jan. 28, 2023 Three very separate videos of rage and personal violence emerged this weekend, but rather than engendering shame, their very presence instead seem to suggest resignation that this is the way things are — with more violence to come. Rather than prompting healing and change…

Terry H. Schwadron Jan. 27, 2023 We’re witnessing enough of a bombardment of foolishness from House Republicans that even Senate Republicans are turning away in disgust. It’s not just one issue or one action: The series of mobilizing on the political Right for vengeance and retribution for perceived partisan wrongs…

Terry H. Schwadron Jan. 26, 2023 In the wee hours this week, the Republican-majority Iowa state legislature passed on a party-line vote a proposal by Gov. Kim Reynolds to allow public tax money to be spent on private and parochial school tuitionor other schooling expenses. It’s a notable decision that…

Terry H. Schwadron Jan. 25, 2023 We’ve arrived at the point where the steady erosion of Trust is becoming a flood, affecting our public policies as well as our personal relationships. Of course, there is little new in human behavior about the constant clash between personal frailties and the need…

Terry H. Schwadron Jan. 24, 2023 It’s clear that something is not only politically explosive but fundamentally wrong about how a Joe Biden who promotes competence as his brand has handled the continuing discoveries of government documents, including those with classified markings. House Republicans have chomped into the documents news…

Terry H. Schwadron Jan. 23, 2023 Once again, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has burnished his anti-“woke” campaign image by stepping into high school curriculum choices and tossing out any Advanced Placement African American Studies classes. …

Terry H. Schwadron Jan. 20. 2023 As you may have heard, two weeks ago, a six-year-old boy brought a gun to Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Va., and, without warning, shot the first-grade teacher Abigail Zwerner once in the hand and stomach. The teacher is recuperating, after having ushered…