August 16, 2016 Now it is Milwaukee. On Saturday, a car with two African-American men was stopped for “suspicion.” The men fled, the policeman pursued, and the driver, reportedly armed, was…
August 9, 2016 Chicago is one of America’s greatest cities. Yet many of its residents live in terror in what is virtually a war zone. When a demented killer slayed…
July 26, 2016 This has been a negative political season. It’s time to stop the insults. Let’s stop the negative branding. Let’s stop the negativity and name-calling and get on…
July 12, 2016 “It is more dangerous to be black in America. You’re substantially more likely to be in a situation where police don’t respect you.” The speaker was not…
July 5, 2016 In the presidential race, July is convention month. Each party selects its ticket — the nominees for president and vice president — and the choice becomes…
June 28, 2016 Brexit — the stunning British vote to leave the European Union — is a clear and dramatic rebuke of the country’s political and economic elites. A…
June 14, 2016 Orlando now will be added to the haunting list — Newtown, Conn., Virginia Tech, San Bernardino, Calif., Charleston, S.C., Aurora, Colo. and more. USA Today provides a…
June 7, 2016 On Tuesday of this week, California and New Jersey will be the last big states to have primaries. (Residents in the District of Columbia vote in a…
May 31, 2016 Donald Trump has now won the delegates needed to give him the Republican presidential nomination. The Bernie Sanders surge continues — he may even win California…
May 17, 2016 America is literally falling apart. In Flint, children were poisoned by the lead contamination of the water. In Washington, the subway system is plagued by fires…
May 10, 2016 Chicago, America’s third largest city, is plagued by violence and poverty, made worse by racial and class divisions. A poll just released by the Kaiser Foundation…
May 3, 2016 The Flint water crisis is now two years old — and the water still isn’t safe to drink. There have been civil and criminal investigations, two…