The impeachment power of Congress designed to remove a tyrannical president is dead. It must be revived promptly to prevent the nation from degenerating into de facto monarchy. Both former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, and incumbent John Boehner, Ohio Republican, have taken impeachment off the table for political reasons. Congress has shied from…
DetailsThe impeachment power of Congress designed to remove a tyrannical president is dead. It must be revived promptly to prevent the nation from degenerating into de facto monarchy. Both former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, and incumbent John Boehner, Ohio Republican, have taken impeachment off the table for political reasons. Congress has shied from…
DetailsI initially thought the passage was a Barack Obama codicil to Alice in Wonderland’s Mad Hatter’s Tea Party. I laughed. Then I realized it was President Obama’s authentic plan for the U.S. military to vet Syrian rebel trainees against the Islamic State for Queensbury Rules, unflappability under stress or fatigue, and moderation I cried. What…
DetailsThe Department of Defense continually invents national security threats to protect its budget. If all other things fail, the department can be expected to demand funds to fight unknown unknowns to keep military spending from falling — for example, an attack by quarks or anti-quarks. What is stunning is not to witness this organizational imperative,…
DetailsThe bad news is that sexual assault is epidemic. It is ubiquitous because male culture envisions women more as inferior sex objects than as peers. It is rife on college campuses. It is prevalent in the military. It is notorious in professional sports. And it defines the morally debauched entertainment industry. The good news is…
DetailsLike Horatius at the Bridge, the U.S. Senate stands between President Obama and the initiation or continuation of stupid wars that sacrifice lives and money on fool’s errands that make the nation less safe — the very definition of insanity. The Senate should refuse to confirm any Secretary of Defense nominee to succeed Chuck Hagel…
DetailsOUTLAW PETE By Bruce Springsteen Illustrated by Frank Caruso Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 56 pages The Boss should stick to concerts and recordings. His maiden voyage into authorship tacks between moral wretchedness and philosophical squalidness. “Aesop’s Fables” or “The Pilgrim’s Progress” need not worry about “Outlaw Pete” as a rival for readers. The cartoonishly illustrated…
DetailsSen. Rand Paul is seeking to pioneer a path back to the U.S. Constitution in matters of war and peace to save the nation from gratuitous, counterproductive and immensely costly wars. His draft Declaration of War (and Authorization of Force) Against the Islamic State would reinstate Congress as the decider as intended by the Constitution’s…
DetailsThe process by which a 12-member grand jury decided against any criminal indictment of Ferguson, Missouri, white police officer Darren Wilson in the killing of black teenager Michael Brown was one of the law’s finest hours. The violence and vandalism that ensued by a minority of protestors was reprehensible. On Aug. 12, Mr. Brown was…
DetailsBill Cosby’s finest hour could be at hand. His moral luster would be redeemed and more if he asked forgiveness from the women who have publicly accused him of sexual assault. (Twelve have asserted he first provided them drugs, which suggests a modus operandi). Forgiveness from his accusers should be unbegrudgingly forthcoming. And Mr. Cosby…
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