The Jeffrey Epstein case establishes beyond a doubt that if you’re a sexual predator, it pays to be a rich and connected sexual predator. Epstein, now dead of an apparent suicide before […]
Epstein was allowed to game the system
The embarrassment of teenage goofs
What’s the difference between a crisis and an embarrassment? Well, if it’s you that’s involved, it’s a crisis. If it’s someone else, it’s an embarrassment. We’re referring to the situation at Pacifica […]
The age-old gaffes of Uncle Joe Biden
When Joe Biden says he’s running for president, he means it literally. He likes to be seen jogging around at his various campaign events. Obviously, that’s his way of showing that at […]
Lowry: Mitch is not Moscow’s man
There was a time when the left considered McCarthyism the worst of all political tactics. That was before it became useful to question Mitch McConnell’s loyalty to his country. The Senate majority […]
Moving towards some statesmanship
It has become routine: President Donald Trump spends a golfing break at one of his properties. Tragically, horrific gun massacres also have become part of the routine, two of them just the […]
FBI must now take on white supremacy
At some point in the late 1960s, you could be forgiven for thinking that the FBI was in charge of the KKK. It conducted an operation that infiltrated, manipulated and ran the […]
That uncivil civil war in Westminster
The political uproar now raging across Westminster is getting hotter and louder. It all started – more or less – with a decision by the city council majority – Mayor Tri Ta […]
Why Pelosi is against impeaching Trump
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is playing a sophisticated game. Since her Democrats took the House, she’s the one who has steadfastly fought off a hasty plunge into the impeachment of President Donald […]
Retorts: (We couldn’t) get into hot water
Jim Tortolano’s Retorts has the week off. Here is a classic Retorts from years past. Pat Ryan, in his sci-fi novel “Alas Babylon,” wrote that “civilization is like snow in the […]
Does Omar hold America in contempt?
Beto O’Rourke, the losing Texas senator candidate who bootstrapped his way into becoming a losing presidential candidate, had a message for refugees who had come to America: Your new country is a […]
