Pearl River Headlines were blaring today in the Times and elsewhere about Harvard, but this time it had nothing to do with the dispute between the Trump administration and the university about diversity and goodness knows what else. This time the focus was on the fact that for years Harvard had been the number …
Category: Politics
Left-handed Praise for Roger Hallam Protests
Pearl River Roger Hallam was in the headline of “Bagehot” column in the conservative UK-based weekly, The Economist. Really? The revolution must have arrived on the British Isles. Likely, the name means little or nothing to most, but he has been the man behind the scenes – and behind the bars – driving some …
A Third Impeachment – Why Bother?
New Orleans With one death and one resignation, the Republican majority in the US House of Representatives has dropped to 218. There are 435 seats in the House, giving them a one-vote margin right now. Georgia is scheduling a special election to recover one seat, but another shutdown vote comes within weeks, so …


