Dick Polman

With apologies to the poet E. E. Cummings: It’s Indictment Day, and the world is mud-luscious… Do you feel as jaunty as I do? Maybe ... Read More

I don’t pretend to be an expert on the Catholic Church, but I can sniff out hypocrisy. And whenever you put the Catholic Church in ... Read More

On a podcast the other day, national political reporter Thomas Edsall analyzed the mounting threat of Republican authoritarianism and posed a great question: “Trump and ... Read More

I must warn you in advance that this is not satire. This news is real. This week, the Republican governor of Texas signed a law ... Read More

John Warner, a Republican who served in the U.S. Senate for 30 years and died Wednesday at 94 in his home state of Virginia, said ... Read More

Why do most Capitol Hill Republicans oppose the creation of a bipartisan commission to investigate the deadly coup against democracy staged on Jan. 6? Duh, ... Read More

The Republican party has devolved into a motley mix of goose stepping fanatics like Marjorie Taylor Greene and sniveling cowards like Kevin McCarthy. But worst ... Read More

Kudos to Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney. Her House GOP leadership post hangs by a thread because she refuses to mouth Trump's Big Lie about a ... Read More

It's hard these days to keep track of all the decrepitude in public life, so forgive me if I highlight some new sleaze that has ... Read More

Republican pollster Frank Luntz met last weekend with 17 vaccine-resisting Trump voters to better understand why they won't take the simple step of protecting themselves ... Read More