Andy Schmookler
Ashamed, As an American, and a Human (My latest op/ed in my very red...
I am feeling ashamed, and I do not like the feeling.
All my life, I’ve been into the heroic. I’ve taken pleasure in movies that...
Impressed with Elizabeth Warren on Impeachment
It was from an email I received yesterday that Elizabeth Warren sent to her list that I learned of her call for impeachment.
She impressed...
Should William Barr Be Impeached?
Yesterday, I wrote here about the possibility of impeaching William Barr. My thought at the time was to use that threat in case Barr's...
The Meaning of the Battle Over the Mueller Report, and One Good Way to...
I write this piece without knowing yet how suspicious, or not, Barr's redactions appear to be. (Though I've been making efforts to find out...
Conservatism in the Age of Trump (My latest challenge to the conservatives)
This is my weekly op/ed in my very red congressional district (VA-06).
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The Ideal of the Conservative
Picture the man or the woman who embodies the...
Pete Buttigieg Shows Democrats How– Rightly Choosing Truth-telling Over Misplaced “Civility”
An exchange between Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg and George Stephanopoulos (reported in a recent Huffington Post article) brings into clear relief an issue...
The Barr Mystery: Why Would Someone Seek Out a Chance to Disgrace Himself?
Now that William Barr is acting -- rather openly, if not admittedly -- as Donald Trump’s accomplice in the obstruction of justice, I find...
We Don’t Need the Mueller Report to Know. We’ve Witnessed the Crime.
There are good reasons to care about getting the Mueller Report released to its intended audience—to the Congress, and thence to the American people.
But...
Is the Spirit of Enmity the Solution to the Mystery? (My latest challenge to...
This is my weekly op/ed to run in my very red congressional district (VA-06).
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Republicans might usefully ask themselves: “With whom – outside of the...
Can the Democrats Find Their Churchill for 2020?
When we look at the absolutely crucial role that Churchill played -- from the time Hitler arose in Germany to the time that Hitler’s...
