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To Make An Omelet, Sometimes You Gotta Break a Few Heads | Steve Berman

To Make An Omelet, Sometimes You Gotta Break a Few Heads | Steve Berman


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If you expect a paen to Trump and the “mentally ill” line on Liz Cheney, maybe you should stop here. Or maybe you should read on, but understand, you’re not going to like this medicine. “It’s not theirs, it’s mine,” said Donald J. Trump to Pat Cipollone and Patrick Philbin, his lawyers who were trying to resolve …

GOOD WEIRD: What Does it Mean to be a Christian Today? | Steve Berman

GOOD WEIRD: What Does it Mean to be a Christian Today? | Steve Berman


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Everyone knows someone who is genuinely weird. I remember growing up, there was a particular acquaintance who would sometimes play cards with my group of friends. Let’s call him Nick (I was going to call him “Al” but then, “weird Al,” alas is taken). Nick had a tendency to renege playing games like Hearts or Spades. Even …

RELEASE IT! Merrick Garland Must Release the Warrant | Steve Berman

RELEASE IT! Merrick Garland Must Release the Warrant | Steve Berman


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Let’s talk about pretexts today. The word means “a reason given in justification of a course of action that is not the real reason.” For example, China is blaming Nancy Pelosi’s visit as the reason they are extending live-fire military drills to effectively blockade Taiwan. That’s a pretext. The real reason is that PRC is opportunistic, and …

ENEMY OF THE STATE? Our Descent into Banana Republicanism | Steve Berman

ENEMY OF THE STATE? Our Descent into Banana Republicanism | Steve Berman


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In America, former presidents have a great deal of discretion dealing with their own documents and materials. Typically, an ex-president keeps some kind of security clearance, and many continue to receive security briefings as a courtesy. After all, the club of living ex-presidents is always very small. Donald Trump was never a member of the …