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  • Twisting Words: A Look at ‘Lynching’

    Twisting Words: A Look at ‘Lynching’0

    On October 22, Donald Trump tweeted a message regarding the ongoing impeachment inquiry against him: So some day, if a Democrat becomes President and the Republicans win the House, even by a tiny margin, they can impeach the President, without due process or fairness or any legal rights. All Republicans must remember what they are

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  • Twin Cities School District Thinks Students Should be in Front of a Screen ALL OF THE TIME

    Twin Cities School District Thinks Students Should be in Front of a Screen ALL OF THE TIME0

    • August 25, 2015

    Public school districts today are increasingly identifying screen time with education. Across the country, many districts are spending a lot of money to provide each student with an iPad or laptop.  I live around one of them. The other day I received in the mail the 2015-16 calendar for the West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan school

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  • Twenty Years after 9/11—Are We Better Off?

    Twenty Years after 9/11—Are We Better Off?0

    When the hijacked planes hit the twin towers of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon that first 9/11, the Taliban were in control of Afghanistan and providing sanctuary for al-Qaida. Today, the Taliban are in control of Afghanistan and providing sanctuary to al-Qaida. What then did our longest war accomplish?      The Afghan army and

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  • Twenty Lessons From 2020’s Fallout

    Twenty Lessons From 2020’s Fallout0

    This year has been a shock. Here is an early sketch of what I think I’ve learned. Governments are fully capable of doing the unthinkable, and doing so suddenly with no exit plan, little consideration of cost, and a callous disregard for individual rights. The U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights are largely irrelevant when

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  • Twelve Quotes from Leo Tolstoy on Truth, Violence, and Government

    Twelve Quotes from Leo Tolstoy on Truth, Violence, and Government0

    Lev Nikolayevitch Tolstoy (1828- 1910), more commonly known as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer and philosopher. Tolstoy was born on a small family estate in Tula, Russia, an industrial city about 100 miles south of Moscow. The fourth of five children, Tolstoy studied law and languages at Kazan University, but he was a poor

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  • Tweets of Washington Journalists Betray ‘Groupthink,’ Study Finds

    Tweets of Washington Journalists Betray ‘Groupthink,’ Study Finds0

    Washington journalists’ tweets and interactions on Twitter show that those delivering news on government and politics to most Americans live in “more insular microbubbles than previously thought,” according to a new study. These journalists display a “vulnerability to groupthink and blind spots,” the study says. The study, by journalism professors Nikki Usher and Yee Man Margaret

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