The reported end of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" marks more than the cancellation of a television franchise. It represents the collapse of an era in American media where political outrage replaced entertainment, ideology replaced humor, and audiences were expected to applaud lectures ...
For years, much of the American media has operated under a peculiar assumption: that the best way to confront adversaries such as China and Iran is to accommodate them. If the United States applies pressure, the narrative quickly becomes that America is overextended, losing leverage, or ...
On the question of prejudice, racism, favoritism and unfairness have these actions hurt America in recent years? No, and possibly yes. No, because the vast majority of American people get it and truly strive to treat others like they would like to be treated. But for American politicians and ...
Some of the recent legal challenges to the use of surveillance by the Department of Homeland Security upon Americans have resulted in the revelation of truly terrifying behavior by the government, in direct defiance of the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution. We now know that the federal ...
“E kaupē no i ka hoe a kō mai.” Every paddler — every member of any team — is likely familiar with this ‘olelo no‘eau (Hawaiian poetic saying), which translates literally to “Put forward the paddle and draw it back.” More generally, the beautiful mana’o expressed is, ...
Established shortly after the Civil War, Memorial Day is a solemn day of remembrance for Americans to honor those who have sacrificed their lives defending American democracy. So it was exquisitely on-brand for a president who defrauded the U.S. military by fabricating “bone spurs” to ...
