The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves…..                                     Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare Little by little the look of the country changes because of the men we admire.                                      Melvin Douglas as Homer Bannon in Hud In September 1958, Sherman Adams, President Eisenhower’s chief of staff, was forced to…

On October 30, 1974, George Foreman and Muhammad Ali met at the 20th of May Stadium in Kinshasa, Zaire in the long awaited Rumble in the Jungle. Foreman, 25, undefeated and the heavyweight champion, was the heavy favorite. They fought for eight rounds, Foreman attacking the 32-year-old Ali, attempting to knock him out, throwing hundreds…

                                                   The future, Mr. Gittes, the future                                                …

                  If the hive be disturbed by rash and stupid hands, instead of honey, it will yield us bees.                                                        …

I started at The Washington Post in late January 1969. The Post then was a good, but not yet great, newspaper. Ben Bradlee had been at The Post since 1965, first as managing editor, then as executive editor. He was making a lot of changes. I suppose I was one of them. The first time…

                                                                 “Maldito sea el soldado que vuelva su arma contra su pueblo”                        …

Iranians can thank Donald Trump for pressuring their government to stop slaughtering protesters. At least that’s what Donald Trump says. Now maybe he can get federal law enforcement to stop killing American protesters. A cynical version of what’s going on in Minneapolis is that ICE agents were sent there to provoke protests so that more…

                                                      But you who philosophize disgrace And criticize all fears                                      …

 2025 has been a terrible year. It was terrible even before it began for reasons that readers of these pages will understand. The anticipation of another four years, a continuation of the 45th president’s first four, couldn’t be avoided. The anticipation, however, didn’t prepare us for the onslaught that began on January 20.  Nothing could…

“But today you are the law. You are the law. Not some book; not the lawyers; not the marble statue or the trappings of the court. These are just symbols of our desire for something just”.                                        …