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Great Quotations on Secrets
We at WhoWhatWhy say that “We do not cover the news. We uncover the truth.” And of course we are referring to the secret ways of the world. But there are other secrets, the personal kind, and they have...
View ArticleEvangelicals: Putting the ‘Ass’ in ‘Compassion’
A Pew Research Center survey last week found that the group least likely to say that the US has a responsibility to allow refugees into the country were white evangelical Protestants. It’s ironic that...
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Classic Who: Memorial Day in Searing Images
In his book From Here to Eternity, James Jones described the magic moment when his lead character first picked up a bugle. The young man had loved the blues, and now he would be able to play them. He...
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Funny, Wise Quotations on Taxes
This article was originally published April 15, 2016. Filling Out Tax Forms with Fiction . Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today. (Herman Wouk) The income tax created...
View ArticleFarewell to a Hypocrite
De’Quanda Jackson stands for many of the things conservatives don’t like about the way the US operates these days. She began getting government checks from the time she was 16 and used the money to go...
View ArticleTo Facebook, You’re Not the Customer, You’re the Product
Imagine a stranger walking up to you on the street and saying: “If you give me your personal information and that of your friends and family, I’ll tell you which character from Harry Potter you are.”...
View ArticleSinclair’s Pro-Trump Script Shows Danger of Media Consolidation
That news outfits are mere conveyors of unbiased information is a conceit almost no one entertains, particularly with regard to developments in Washington. But still, it’s rare to see such an...
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Colleges and Landlords Are Crushing Millennials with Debt
The youngest millennials — Americans born between 1977 to 1995 — graduated college a year ago, but they may soon realize that the initiation into adulthood is a far cry from joining a sorority or...
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Case Against Pulse Nightclub Shooter’s Wife Falls Apart
Back in a January 2017 article, we asked: “Did the Feds Indict the Wife of Orlando Shooter for Sins of Her Husband?” It turns out the answer to that question is: probably. It’s either that or the FBI...
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Lies, Liars, and Lying
Everyone lies. Every minute of every day, someone is lying. Even animals lie. Scientists tell us that chimps who were taught sign language shamelessly tell whoppers: Who broke the vase? Chimp signs:...
View ArticleWhat Gun Background Checks Can’t Detect: Stupidity
It’s a good thing I don’t own a gun. I am hopelessly absent-minded. If I did own one, I would probably set it down next to my hair dryer, or beside my TV remote, or on my night table next to my alarm...
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Judicial Activism: Liberal Overreach or Republican Dog Whistle?
The need to protect the Constitution from “activist liberal judges” is one of the favorite rallying cries of the judicial right. The way they see it, conservative judges are the stalwart defenders of...
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Another Modest Proposal: Let’s Help Trump by Surrounding Him With Gunslingers
In response to the Florida school massacre, the White House had President Donald Trump participate in an unusual, media-filmed “listening” session with mourning parents and students. Trump listened —...
View ArticleBilly Graham, Willing Pawn for Politicians
Billy Graham has died. He is being remembered as a friend and confessor to presidents, one who gave them guidance and moral fortification. But just as much, Graham was a willing tool of politicians who...
View ArticleIgnored Warnings in Florida Shooting Just the Latest FBI Screw-up
The FBI is one of the few institutions that, no matter how often it screws up in major ways, no matter that there is something deeply wrong with the place, never seems to be held accountable....
View ArticleTrump’s Affair With a Porn Star Shouldn’t Matter (Much)
If somebody were to compile a definitive list of do’s and don’ts in politics, “Don’t have it come out that you had an affair with a porn star while your third wife was at home with your newborn child”...
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John Perry Barlow’s Last Words
Mother American Night: My Life in Crazy Times, by John Perry Barlow and Robert Greenfield (Crown Archetype, June 2018).John Perry Barlow’s sudden death last week shined a spotlight on his high-profile...
View ArticleWill Musk’s Rocket Launch Ignite a New Space Race?
Millions of captivated earthlings witnessed an aerospace milestone Tuesday afternoon when the world’s most powerful rocket was catapulted into space from the Kennedy Space Center.It was launched from...
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A Russian Sightseeing Tour for Realists
The other day I received an invitation from The Nation magazine to “Visit Russia.” Dear Friend of The Nation, Join us in Russia April 19–30, 2018! At this pivotal moment in US-Russia relations, The...
View ArticleWhat Made a British Politician ‘Thoroughly Ashamed’?
An extreme example of British politeness captured on video in the Houses of Parliament this week is going viral — and throws behavior in American political establishments into sharp relief.Oh dear....
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