I was privileged to serve on the board of the Sandra Day O’Connor Institute from 2011 to 2017. Justice O’Connor, who passed away Dec. 1, formed the organization after her retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court, mainly for the purpose of carrying on what may have been her greatest lifelong passion: civics education in our […]
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Where does Matt Araiza go to to get his reputation — let alone his NFL career — back?
On Dec. 12, Matt Araiza was dropped from the lawsuit filed by a woman who alleged that he raped her in 2021. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus, File) Content warning: This story contains depictions of alleged sexual assault. In 1987, eight construction executives were charged with allegedly defrauding $7.4 million from the New York City Transit Authority. […]
Henry Kissinger and the genocide in Bangladesh: Low point in a career of evil
The cataract of news and pontification about Henry Kissinger’s death reminds me of an email I sent out nine years ago with some notes on a book that chillingly documented — mostly from Kissinger’s own words — a piece of his record that should be getting a lot more attention. The book was “The Blood […]