The FBI is reportedly searching for some 200 suspects in the armed insurrection at the Capitol. In Michigan, six people have already been arrested for taking part.
January 18, 2021
“Every age gets the journalism it demands and the journalism it deserves. Right now, ankle-deep in the Reagan era, the situation looks pretty grim.”
Originally published December 31, 1981
“To judge from what the President said, any hint of lawlessness can be redeemed if undertaken unselfishly for patriotic reasons. It's an argument that would have warmed Nazi hearts at Nuremberg.”
September 3, 2020
The Right's leading lights shine warmly on left infiltrator John Rees. The FBI has called him
“unscrupulous” and the IRS says he was “a known con man.”
August 11, 2020
A true journalist, Ward had no favorites — he would call B.S. on anyone and everyone (including himself)
May 17, 2020
“For the past 48 hours, while the President and his family had been once again resisting resignation, his closest aides were conspiring behind his back to force him to resign.”
Originally published August 15, 1974
"Who could have imagined that the Senate Watergate inquest would have ranged as far as the fabled Treasure of the Aztecs?"
Originally published July 19, 1973
“Someone must have traduced Richard N., for without having done anything wrong, he was arrested one fine morning.”
Originally published September 19, 1975
"The feeling on the left right now may be that we need to abandon our cultural focus and get serious. I think we need to get serious about culture — as serious as we've ever been"
January 14, 2020
“One should not reduce other people to a stereotypical core: Too simple, too ideological, too racist. But for Persia, it seems, reduction serves.”
January 3, 2020