by Matthew Friedman | Jun 21, 2020 | Commentary, Politics
This one is going to sink him. This broadside hit below the waterline, and Trump going down! Reviewing The Room Where It Happened, due out Tuesday, The Guardian’s Lloyd Green opines “John Bolton’s near-600-page tome is the most damning written account by a Trump...
by Matthew Friedman | Jun 14, 2020 | Commentary, Politics
It was sometime between the night of May 28, when the 3rd Precinct station went up in flames in Minneapolis, and the police assault with tear-gas and truncheons on peaceful protesters in Lafayette Square in Washington four days later that I began to see the posts and...
by Matthew Friedman | Jun 7, 2020 | Commentary, Politics
“Always remember,” my first-grade teacher said as she gestured to Constable Vallières, standing to her left in his crisp blue uniform, “the policeman is your friend.” The constable smiled and tapped the visor of his cap, and we all applauded appreciatively. None of us...
by Matthew Friedman | Jun 2, 2020 | Commentary, Politics
“Is this the Revolution?” I asked, half in jest, half in hope. Demonstrators protesting the murder of George Floyd, yet another African American man killed by police, had stormed a Minneapolis police station the night before; officers gunned down seven people in...
