Benjamin Disraeli, the 19th century British statesman, once said: “Justice is truth in action.” Translation #1: When the truth of a crime is exposed, lock up the criminal. Translation #2: Merrick Garland, call your office. The Jan. 6 committee, which...
I’m old enough to remember watching the Senate Watergate hearings. In the bygone early ’70s, there was still a general belief – shared by members of both parties! – that democracy was a good thing and that those who threatened it should be held...
By Chris Satullo It’s a famous – to some, infamous – moment in the checkered history of U.S. presidential debates. In 1988, Bernard Shaw of CNN asked this question of Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis: “If Kitty Dukakis (the candidate’s wife) were raped...
