Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida began shouting out of turn on Monday during impeachment proceedings in the House Judiciary Committee, forcing Chair Jerry Nadler to pound his gavel and…
It’s a tale of two investigations. Neither is pretty, but one is, in the end, appropriate and warranted; the other is a grotesque sham. And the story of each investigation…
The biggest challenge facing House Democrats over the next two weeks is whether to include articles of impeachment related to obstruction of justice and other issues like emoluments, or to…
I was oblivious to the real significance of Facebook in everyday life until the company disabled my personal, private thomhartmann account. The list of “possible” reasons they posted for doing…
From its start half a century ago, National Public Radio heralded a new approach to the sound of radio in the United States. NPR “would speak with many voices and…
Recently, I was in Homer, Alaska, to talk about my book The End of Ice. Seconds after I had thanked those who brought me to the small University of Alaska campus…
Most antiquities scholars think that the New Testament gospels are “mythologized history.” In other words, based on the evidence available they think that around the start of the first century a…
by Rory Fleming San Francisco Superior Court Judge Michael Begert is probably feeling lucky that he is not facing reelection for another five years. That is because Begert, who lords over the…
With the release of the new report on the opening of Crossfire Hurricane — what is commonly referred to as the “Russia probe” — Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz…
House Democrats will make the historic announcement at 9 AM Tuesday morning: They are prepared to unveil articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. After five publicly televised day-long impeachment…
I became internet famous in India when a freshman parliamentarian there named Mahua Moitra was falsely accused of plagiarizing a piece I had written for the Washington Monthly on the 12 Early Signs of Fascism.…
I was oblivious to the real significance of Facebook in everyday life until the company disabled my personal, private thomhartmann account. The list of “possible” reasons they posted for doing…
by Rory Fleming San Francisco Superior Court Judge Michael Begert is probably feeling lucky that he is not facing reelection for another five years. That is because Begert, who lords over the…
FBI Director Christopher Wray — who was installed in his position after President Donald Trump fired James Comey, the event that launched Robert Mueller’s investigation — sharply broke with the…
Recently, I was in Homer, Alaska, to talk about my book The End of Ice. Seconds after I had thanked those who brought me to the small University of Alaska campus…
The biggest challenge facing House Democrats over the next two weeks is whether to include articles of impeachment related to obstruction of justice and other issues like emoluments, or to…
Republicans have nothing: That is the only reasonable conclusion one can draw after Monday’s impeachment hearing before the House Judiciary Committee. It’s clear that Donald Trump is guilty of running…
Speaker Nancy Pelosi summed up one of the major concerns about Donald Trump when she said that ultimately, “all roads lead to Putin.” That summary came at the moment the president abandoned…