James G. Mathis

Opinion | Jimmy Kimmel’s ouster is just the tip of the iceberg FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s brazen threats to broadcasters have no place in a free society.

Jimmy Kimmel’s ouster is just the tip of the iceberg

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Opinion | The cruel irony of RFK Jr.’s new MAHA report Anyone who bought into the hype that Kennedy might improve health care should read his new plan.

The cruel irony of RFK Jr.’s new MAHA report

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To Ukraine: from my backyard in Reading PA (with love) Dear Ukrainian Friends,

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Professor Timothy Snyder writes movingly about hospitality and honor- about guests, hosts and ghosts.

Guest, Host, Ghost A Dinner Party in Kyiv

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Chauncey: She's 4 months old and in charge of our home. photos.app.goo.gl/q6g6AruY8qw5...

5.4M views · 4K comments | Prof. Jeffrey Sachs | Watch Prof. Jeffrey Sachs destroy Trump’s idiotic trade policy on tariffs. | By Jay Kuo | Facebook Watch Prof. Jeffrey Sachs destroy Trump’s idiotic trade policy on tariffs.

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Opinion | Donald Trump’s war on children The administration is divesting from future generations. It will cost America dearly.

Donald Trump’s war on children

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Opinion | This Is How Universities Can Escape Trump’s Trap, if They Dare It’s been tried in other countries facing authoritarian crackdowns. It works.

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Opinion | This Is How Universities Can Escape Trump’s Trap, if They Dare It’s been tried in other countries facing authoritarian crackdowns. It works.

M Gessen, who knows about government suppression of ideas:
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I have always considered myself patriotic. But if accepting this from my government is part of being a patriot, then I'M THE LEAST PATRIOTIC PERSON YOU KNOW.

Last Tuesday (March 25th, 2025), Rumeysa Ozturk was accosted, arrested, handcuffed, and loaded into a vehicle by black-clad goons from the Department of Homeland Security. She was then whisked off to confinement a thousand miles away in Louisiana, despite a court order forbidding this transfer.

I have always considered myself patriotic. But if accepting this from my government is part of being a patriot, then I'M THE LEAST PATRIOTIC PERSON YOU KNOW.

Last Tuesday (March 25th, 2025), Rumeysa Ozturk was accosted, arrested, handcuffed, and loaded into a vehicle by black-clad goons from the Department of Homeland Security. She was then whisked off to confinement a thousand miles away in Louisiana, despite a court order forbidding this transfer.

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Rumeysa Ozturk is a Turkish Tufts University graduate student on a valid visa. In March 2024, she co-authored an opinion piece in the Tufts student newspaper critical of the violence and destruction in Gaza.

Big rally in the mile-high city. Young representative, old senator. Two friends, two fighters, two patriots.

The Democratic party needs fighters like AOC. Despite the frantic attempts to portray her as a leftie lunatic, if you really listen, she sounds moderate, authentic, and compassionate ... toward all her fellow Americans who grew up working for a living like her.

Tesla’s Stock Still Isn’t Cheap The EV maker has shed nearly half its value but still looks expensive compared with tech and auto peers.

Don't buy a Tesla or Tesla stock. Here's why.

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Today, everybody says they're fighting for freedom
"Freedom" can become just a virtue-signaling buzzword signifying nothing.
But to someone who has been imprisoned, "freedom" is real- in a way that may be incomprehensible to people like me who have always lived in a free and comfortable country.

Vladimir Kara-Murza: Russian Imprisonment and Fighting for Democracy by Pulitzer on the Road

A few days ago, Pulizer prize winner Anne Appelbaum post this conversation with Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian journalist who earned his Pulitzer prize for stories filed from solitary confinement in Vladimir Putin's Russia.

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Vladimir Kara-Murza: Russian Imprisonment and Fighting for Democracy by Pulitzer on the Road

A few days ago, Pulizer prize winner Anne Appelbaum post this conversation with Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian journalist who earned his Pulitzer prize for stories filed from solitary confinement in Vladimir Putin's Russia.

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Today, everybody says they're fighting for freedom
"Freedom" can become just a virtue-signaling buzzword signifying nothing.
But to someone who has been imprisoned, "freedom" is real- in a way that may be incomprehensible to people like me who have always lived in a free and comfortable country.

I'm Not Running in 2026, But I Am Getting to Work We all have work to do in delivering a better kind of politics for America.

The two guys high-fiving each other and the little girl standing next to them are three reasons that Americans need not fear the future.

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The truth about tariffs:

In Pennsylvania, Ukrainian-Americans grapple with overseas war and how to vote In Pennsylvania, Ukrainian-Americans grapple with an overseas war and how to vote. Hear their stories.

A note to Senator Dave McCormick of Pennsylvania:

As you consider your stance on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, remember this:
Number of Ukrainian Americans living in PA: 113,000
Margin by which you won election to Senate: 15,115 votes.
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MAGA 2017: "Trump-Russia is a hoax and a slur."

MAGA 2025: "Trump-Russia is the basis for our foreign policy and anybody who doesn't agree should be primaried out of the party."

Ordo Amoris the Vice President and the Holy Father

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PM Starmer and President Volodymyr Zelensky

Map of Ukraine. Courage has a name