Legality Lacking: “Normal international relations” are impossible if a head of state can be murdered whenever another head of state feels like it. Here, an Iranian flag is placed among the ruins of a police station struck Monday during the U.S.–Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, March 3, 2026.

Foreign Policy

All the Ways Trump’s War on Iran Is Disastrous

by Bill Scher March 3, 2026March 3, 2026

We should be deeply disturbed about what follows the targeted assassination of a foreign leader.

Martin Luther King Files and their sudden release raises question. The author, Leta McCullough Zeletsky, is in the files thanks to her father, an undercover Memphis police officer, who there when the civil rights leader was slain.

Politics

Trump Released Martin Luther King Jr. Files: I’m in Them

by Leta McCollough Seletzky August 8, 2025August 7, 2025

Trump seemed to release the King assassination files without care to distract from Epstein. No wonder the King family is concerned. I am, too.

Political Animal

Be a Patriot and Support the Washington Monthly

by Martin Longman December 27, 2019January 9, 2022

President Trump may not be the biggest threat on the planet, but he’s a significant threat to American journalists and media organizations.

Political Animal

Chuck Todd Needs to Do More Than Issue a Mea Culpa

by Nancy LeTourneau December 27, 2019January 9, 2022

None of this gets resolved until the media finds a way to prioritize truth over balance.

Political Animal

When a Journalist Choses Truth Over Balance

by Nancy LeTourneau October 9, 2019January 9, 2022

Chuck Todd is being pilloried on the right for rejecting conspiracy theories.

Political Animal

How Chuck Todd Distorts Reality

by Nancy LeTourneau June 20, 2019January 9, 2022

He consistently prioritizes balance over truth.

Political Animal

Liz Cheney Demonstrates How Republicans Play the Media

by Nancy LeTourneau March 11, 2019January 9, 2022

Journalists in search of symmetry fail to hold them accountable for their lies.

Political Animal

Kelly’s Zeroes: Conway Can’t Even Lie Right

by D.R. Tucker September 9, 2018January 9, 2022

Did you ever see the the 2003 movie A Mighty Wind, a folk-music mockumentary made by the same folks who brought you This is Spinal Tap? There’s a scene in the film chronicling the psychological decline of Mitch Cohen (played by Eugene Levy) following the breakup of his personal and professional relationship with Mickey Crabbe […]

Political Animal

Sorry, Tom Brokaw, But Only Republicans Have Lessons to Learn from John McCain

by D.R. Tucker August 26, 2018January 9, 2022

For the last time, both sides don’t do it. It was sad to watch former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw embarrass himself on Meet the Press this morning, suggesting that both parties have lessons to learn from the legacy of the late Senator John McCain. Brokaw’s response to host Chuck Todd’s question about how […]