The Office of the Inspector General is statutorily required to refer allegations of attorney misconduct to DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility. IGs have called this “unwarrant.”ed and unprincipled.
Climate change is a clear and present danger to the health and wealth of the American people. Unfortunately, the fourth National Climate Assessment is hardly a Tom Clancy-style page-turner.
We shouldn’t think small. All signs indicate that 2019’s signature achievements could include promoting equality for women, valuing racial and ethnic diversity and achieving real gains for the less fortunate.
Miami’s mayor and city manager say that, in 2018, the city tackled housing, mobility and public safety, and improved public spaces and internal processes.
The world of Marvel Comics and other geek standouts has shown an ugly, anti-feminist side since the rise of the nasty politics amplified by the 2016 presidential election.
Despite harangues from Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity, the truth is that Christmas is bigger than ever, and the closest thing to a war-time experience is the shopping stampedes on Black Friday.
On the campaign trail, Trump vowed to “destroy” ISIS, which hasn’t happened. And won’t with Americans’ departure. So, mission accomplished it isn’t, no matter how many times you say it.
According to one expert: “Unless we start considering the spiritual fitness of our servicemen, 15 years from now the suicide rate will still be 20 each day.”
A look back at political events, trends, stories, personalities and crises both real and imagined, through the always-skeptical eyes of the Lexington Herald-Leaders Pulitzer prize-winning editorial cartoonist.
There’s an old Chi-Lites song that says, “Give more power to the people.” But in a democracy, power is not a thing you wait to be given. Rather, it is a thing you take.
Ten years ago, officials in South Florida, lobbying for a federal climate bill in Washington, discovered they didn’t have enough clout as a county or a city. They realized they needed to speak as a region.
