Tag: Column By John Young

TweetPinShareColumn By John Young A game: Go around the circle: Name a high-profile figure (one without an inmate number) who’s less qualified to be attorney general than noted child connoisseur …

TweetPinShareColumn By John Young My little canine friend and I have a favorite walking place: the nearest college campus. It’s a place of great sensations for a dog, and I’m …

TweetPinShareColumn By John Young Is anything more in tune with our times than debating whether Brian Thompson had it coming? No, not the debate about how high health insurers rank …

TweetPinShareColumn By John Young  I’ve seen this voter before. It was 1988 when the nation considered Michael Dukakis and George H.W. Bush for president. I don’t know how the conversation …

TweetPinShareColumn By John Young “I will destroy you.” When my kids were of cartoon age, this TV line often rang through the den on weekday mornings – a lower-than-low voice …

TweetPinShareColumn By John Young I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. But not to the Republican of the hour for whom he thinks it stands. …

TweetPinShareColumn By John Young I’ve loved Steve Kornacki. Loooved Steve Kornacki. As the MSNBC election numbers guy, he’s one of the most amazing talents on television. He can recite more …

TweetPinShareColumn By John Young When a whistle-blower reported that then-President Trump had dangled military aid to Ukraine like a cat toy in an extortive bid to get President Zelensky to …

TweetPinShareColumn By John Young Let’s dispense with the “Are you better off today than four years ago?” pitch. Most people for whom this might matter only see the price of …

TweetPinShareColumn By John Young “People in the Republican Party feel very comfortable disenfranchising people, throwing out their votes. Anyone who thinks the opposite has been purged from the Republican Party.” …