by Hedrick Smith The plot-line of the 2026 mid-term elections has been signaled for months in President Trump’s steadily sinking approval ratings. The wild card this year is not some unexpected 11th hour swerve in voter sentiment but the threat of Donald Trump’s fierce, fantasy war against our election system. […]
Gtrump;s demolition of the white House east wing is a metaphor for his presidency
As a former Moscow correspondent, I’ve seen how dictators operate – up close. I’ve watched the Kremlin thunder its satellites into submission and witnessed KGB agents seize protesters in an instant. Now, seeing Donald Trump criminally prosecute his political enemies, threaten free speech and TV broadcast licenses, move the military into U.S cities, and send […]
Hedrick Smith, who conceived this website and is its principal writer and architect, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning former New York Times reporter and Emmy award-winning documentary producer for PBS and PBS FRONTLINE. more »
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