William of Ockham, a 14th-century friar and logician, is known for having written, “Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate.” Translating his Latin into colloquial English, we get this: “The simplest explanation is the best.” That’s...
If you’re worried that the tinpot autocrat will invoke the health emergency to cancel the November election, rest assured that you are not alone. Two random examples: Howard Fineman, the veteran political journalist, tweets the fear that “Trump will, at...
By Chris Satullo As I write these words, it is 9:57 a.m. on Wednesday, March 18. At this very moment, I was supposed to be in the Main Rotunda of the Pennsylvania State Capitol, about to launch an event called PA Map Day, an event I’d spent four months planning. What...
So let’s see if I’ve got this right (I have): A powerful Republican senator named Richard Burr – a member of the supine posse that exonerated Donald Trump in a sham Senate trial – knew well in advance, from private briefings in early February,...
Two hundred and twelve years ago, the Scottish poet Walter Scott penned this immortal verse: O, what a tangled web we weave / When first we practice to deceive! O, if only Sir Walter could have heard the memorable beaut disgorged yesterday by the Don of Deception:...
