By Dan Rather and Team Steady After torching CBS News, David Ellison wants us to believe he won’t do the same to CNN Trust is earned, not given. The billionaire owner of Paramount Skydance, David Ellison, would do well to…

When politicians turn every disagreement into a five-alarm crisis, Americans eventually stop listening; and that may be the greatest gift they can give their opponents. Last night at eight o’clock on 77WABC, Jake Novak and I took over The Stone…

Iran faces unprecedented pressure as America confronts a defining question: when military power has already spoken, can economic warfare deliver the victory without endless war? There is a moment in every war when somebody in the room has to stop…

After years of betrayal, heartbreak, fury, and silence, two men who once stood together against the world face the impossible question: Can forgiveness resurrect what hatred destroyed? Eight years of silence. Hundreds of thousands of headlines. Fifteen years of history…

When political ambition turns human pain into ammunition, we stop debating ideas and start destroying people, forgetting that words can wound long after cameras disappear. I have spent enough years in the unforgiving glare of national politics to know something…

When political parties treat the Constitution like a game of Monopoly, America risks losing the one thing neither party can afford: rules that survive power. Let me take you back to fifth grade, because sometimes the most sophisticated explanation for…

A sacred sanctuary became a scene of terror, exposing a frightening truth: hatred grows when political rhetoric, public indifference, and fear become dangerously intertwined. As a native New Yorker and a proud member of the Jewish faith, I woke up…

When protecting choice becomes a license for anything, even lifelong Democrats must ask: Have we crossed a moral line that should never be crossed? Let me be very clear about where I stand before anyone tries to put words in…

Washington's aging political class refuses to surrender power, leaving younger Americans politically homeless, and handing radical movements, the keys to their future, one DSA promise at a time. Let me talk about a little pamphleteer named Thomas Paine, a man…

Francesca Hong expected another DSA victory lap; Wisconsin voters slammed the brakes, reminding the socialist left that momentum can disappear faster than campaign night champagne. I could see the confidence coming a mile away. The choreography was perfect: the triumphant…

The Democratic Party isn’t losing because Republicans are stronger; it’s losing because its radical wing keeps turning winnable elections into ideological suicide missions. Ignore me at your own peril. I find it remarkable, really. When I issue a stark warning…

When political radicals cannot explain who gets taxed, how much gets taken, or where the money goes, every American should start watching their wallet. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe once observed that there is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.…

Mamdani wants the sacred 9/11 spotlight, but after alienating New York’s cops, families, and first responders, he may discover some stages come with consequences. Old Honest Abe had it right when he laid down the timeless rule about fooling the…

Washington let the wrecking ball finish the job before remembering the rules, leaving America with a vanished landmark, a construction crater, and a government unable to agree on what comes next. I have watched Washington operate this way for decades,…

Apparently, American citizenship is now the ultimate luxury purchase: fly in, give birth, collect the passport, and pretend nobody should question the receipt. Thomas Jefferson supposedly advised that when you’re angry, count to ten before you speak. If you’re really…

After years of commanding unquestioned authority, Anthony Fauci confronts the legal consequences of executive protection, congressional oversight, and the constitutional limits of presidential pardons I have spent enough time watching Washington operate to know that power has a funny way…

When leaders excuse division instead of confronting hatred, violence follows, accountability disappears, and ordinary New Yorkers are left paying the price for reckless ideological extremism. I have never been someone who plays the Jewish card. Anyone who knows me knows…

A new beginning? Friends, A stranger approached me yesterday in our local pharmacy and asked: “Will we be okay?” I told her what I really believe: “Yes, we’ll be fine.” She teared up. “Thank you.” She has every right to…

Friends, I’m sorry for interrupting you again today but I need to inform you of a very serious matter. Trump is threatening the Center for American Progress, a prominent liberal think tank, with a $5 billion defamation lawsuit over a…

By Robert Reich Vassals, Mooches, and Thugs (oh my) Friends, Trump says he directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to “substantially reduce” military drills with South Korea, citing his “very good relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un” — whom…

By Robert Reich What the wealthy and powerful — and Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent — don’t want you to know Friends, The U.S. national debt has officially surpassed $40 trillion, months earlier than forecasters had expected — because of billions…

By Robert Reich Friends, Some recent posts here have been especially long — including my three-part “Enshittification of Everything” series, last Monday’s “The Moronic Bullshit of the Third Way,” and yesterday’s “An Open Letter to Scott Bessent.” They caused a…

By Robert Reich But you're the one with power, so your error is dangerous Dear Scott (if I may). I’ve argued that the K-shaped economy — a term used to describe growing inequality between high- and low-income households — can…

By Robert Reich Surviving a madman Friends, Trump claimed this past week that his job approval ratings are “fabulous” — they’re “above 60%.” He also asserted that the United States is enjoying “the greatest economy we’ve ever had.” And that…

By Robert Reich Power in the Age of Oligarchy. Third part of a 3-part series. Friends, It is important to understand that Trump is not the cause of the enshittification of America. He is a consequence. Unless the system is…

By Robert Reich Why We're a Problem Friends, I keep hearing that we Boomers are to blame for just about everything wrong with America — unaffordable housing (because we bought up most of the housing stock and now refuse to…

By Robert Reich We're weeks away from the start of the midterm campaigns. What should be the core of progressive Dems' message? Friends, Today I’m seeking your guidance about the message progressive Democrats should lead with in a few weeks…

By Robert Reich Its costs and risks are gigantic. Its benefits, unproven. Friends, I’m going to make a proposal today that’s almost certain to get me consigned to the neo-Luddite dustbin of history. But first, let me lay out some…

By Robert Reich There's no "middle" between neofascist corporatism and democracy Friends, The statements seem as belligerent as Pete Hegseth on a bad hair day. “We are preparing for the next war that is coming,” says Jonathan Cowan. Cowan is…

By Robert Reich And what we must do Friends, Yesterday, the Republican-led Senate confirmed acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to be the next U.S. attorney general. Like Richard Nixon’s attorney general, John Mitchell, Blanche has carried out the illegal orders…

By Robert Reich And how to disempower the oligarchy Friends, This is a continuation of the discussion I began last Friday. The Incredible Shrinking American Middle Class A half-century ago, America had the largest middle class in the history of…

By Robert Reich The media must name names Friends, The New York Times says the “Justice Department struggles” with Trump’s demands that it prosecute his enemies. But who exactly is struggling? Career lawyers whose professional ethics are being compromised? Trump-loyalist…

By Robert Reich Friends, For a year and a half, we’ve been subject to the daily onslaught of Trump and his cruel, corrupt, and incompetent second regime. My question to you now, in the middle of the summer of our…

By Robert Reich It goes far beyond guns vs. butter Friends, I used to think the major tradeoff was between “guns and butter” — between defending the nation and attending to our most pressing social needs. That view put the…

By HEATHER COX RICHARDSON In Minnesota yesterday, close Trump ally Mike Lindell, the former chief executive officer of MyPillow, lost the Republican primary for governor to Republican state house speaker Lisa Demuth. This loss comes after Trump ally Representative Andy…

By Shawn Smucker Be sure to use AI when making your next, I don’t know, meal plan, for example. Definitely do not call your friend who loves to cook and ask her for her favorite recipes or tips or ways…