Dick Polman, a veteran National Political Columnist based in Philadelphia, PA, and a Writer in Residence at the University of Pennsylvania, writes at DickPolman.net. Email him at dickpolman7@gmail.com. Journalists have been debating how to most effectively cover a defeated ex-President, who lies as he breathes and aspires to restore his
Dick Polman is a veteran National political columnist and Writer in Residence at the University of Pennsylvania. Email him at dickpolman7@gmail.com. Nobody deserves to die in a pandemic. But even now–after so much suffering, with so much more to come–millions of Americans still don’t seem to understand, that brainless stupidity
Editor’s note: This essay was written by Dick Polman. He is the National political columnist at NewsWorks/WHYY in Philadelphia , PA, (newsworks.org/polman) and a “Writer in Residence” at the University of Pennsylvania. Email him at dickpolman7@gmail.com. In honor of Donald Trump’s most towering achievement–no previous President can touch his talent
This article was written by Dick Polman. Polman is the National Political Columnist at NewsWorks/WHYY in Philadelphia, newsworks.org/polman, and a “Writer in Residence” at the University of Pennsylvania. Email him at dickpolman7@gmail.com. Matt Lauer will be remembered as a fallen sexual harasser, but in my mind, he’s forever immortalized as
This essay was written by Dick Polman. Forgive my frequent references to Richard Nixon. It’s just eerie how his impeachable behavior is being replicated by the current con man. As Yogi Berra reputedly said, “It’s like de©jevu all over again.” For instance: When Nixon decided to thwart the FBI’s probe
This essay was written by Dick Pohlman. Contact him at dickpolman7@gmail.com. Let’s stick with the story about the Dreamers–the 800,000 young immigrants Trump wants to kick out of the Country– because, we need to talk about the Democrats. You may remember the Democrats . They’re the people who need a
This essay was written by Dick Polman. It’s an old story, freshened anew by Hurricane Harvey. Republicans profess to hate “Big Guvmint” as a matter of principle–until catastrophe hits a red state. Suddenly, they’re fine with Federal spending and completely dump their rhetorical boilerplate about the nanny state. And hey,
Editor’s note: Dick Polman is the National political columnist at NewsWorks/WHYY in Philadelphia and a “Writer in Residence” at the University of Pennsylvania. Check out the 25th Constitutional Amendment. A Vice President, working with a “majority of either the principle officers of the executive departments, or of such body as