Iran’s adventure through a World Cup beset by geopolitical complexity and logistical complications will likely continue after the team landed a frenetic 1-1 draw against Egypt. The high-stakes encounter...
After covering colleagues’ classes and dodging black ice, I am concerned — about my students’ safety, about my own, and about Mayor Mamdani’s priorities.
Going into his 2024 State of the Union Address, President Joe Biden was facing what the press called a coordinated Republican effort to paint him as too old and mentally declined to hold the job. Biden tried to disprove those charges by angrily yelling for more than an hour. The media loved it. STATE OF […]
President Donald Trump has made fighting the inflow of illegal drugs into America a top priority, and Mexico’s takedown of the world’s most powerful...
The State of the Union has been the occasion for many very bad ideas. I’ve been watching them for decades, and today, ahead of Trump’s address, I am going to blog on some of the worst moments in 21st-century State of the Union addresses. The first State of the Union I covered in person was […]
Going into his 2024 State of the Union Address, President Joe Biden was facing what the press called a coordinated Republican effort to paint him as too old and mentally declined to hold the job. Biden tried to disprove those charges by angrily yelling for more than an hour. The media loved it. STATE OF […]
Attending my great friend (and great journalist) Al Weaver’s bachelor trip to Chicago last summer, I met Ryan Tilley. Ryan is a great guy. He’s also an intelligent, composed, and handsome husband and father. Through Al, I had known about Ryan’s twin brother, Mike. Mike Tilley was diagnosed with colon cancer in July 2021 at the age of […]
Barack Obama was elected president, promising to take on corporate lobbyists. Because much of the news media took Obama’s word for it, he kept peddling the story throughout his presidency. PREEMPTIVE FACT CHECK ON OBAMA’S STATE OF THE UNION So on the morning of Obama’s first State of the Union address, I wrote a preemptive […]
