Opinion
Journalists Aren’t So Different From Our Readers | John L. Micek
If you stay in the news business long enough, you’re inevitably going to run into a reader who…
Opinion
Let Sarah Sanders Eat in Peace | John L. Micek
You’d think a pan-seared pork chop wouldn’t come freighted with political baggage.
Opinion
Trump Wants Credit. Don’t Give Him Any | John L. Micek
Earlier this week, U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., thought reports of children being brutally separated from their parents…
Opinion
Trumpian Values on Display Both Here and Abroad | John L. Micek
Even as he cozied up to an evil dictator who routinely murders, starves and imprisons his own people,…
Opinion
Once Again, Trump Goes After His Own Voters | John L. Micek
In the great din and clatter in our nationwide argument over abortion, it’s always struck me that the…
Opinion
Trump-Approved Candidate in Trouble in Pennsylvania | John L. Micek
Sometimes, even when you win, you lose.
Opinion
For a Builder, Trump Likes Wrecking Stuff | John L. Micek
For a man who likes to brag about what a big builder he is, President Donald Trump spends…
Opinion
Swamp Drained? How, Exactly? | John L. Micek
U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, a Republican who hails from northeastern Pennsylvania’s coal country, likes to brag about the…
Opinion
No, I Don’t Hate Conservatives. I Disagree With Them | John L. Micek
Not too long ago, an anonymous commenter on one of my columns concluded that I took my stance…
Opinion
Congress Not Up to the Task of Taking On Facebook | John L. Micek
As I watched Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg go head-to-head with members of Congress, I couldn’t help but…
Opinion
Sinclair’s Pro-Trump Bent Deserves Scorn. Its Anchors Do Not | John L. Micek
There’s been a lot of talk this week about the script that news anchors, at stations owned by…
Opinion
Small Change By Trump Could Have Huge Impact | John L. Micek
On Monday, the U.S. Commerce Department announced something that sounds like a perfectly reasonable thing to do: It…