
The Dog Days of Fake News and Misinformation
Welcome to a world where you can’t trust a single thing you hear.
Thane Rosenbaum is a novelist, essayist, law professor and Distinguished University Professor at Touro University, where he directs the Forum on Life, Culture & Society. He has written numerous works of fiction and nonfiction and hundreds of essays in major national and global publications. He is the legal analyst for CBS News Radio and appears on cable TV news programs. His most recent book is entitled “Saving Free Speech . . . from Itself.”
Welcome to a world where you can’t trust a single thing you hear.
It would be a colossal mistake for Democrats to continue to dismiss the lingering concerns of Trump voters.
Trump was always a tweeting, ticking time bomb.
As the year wound down, global Jewry was reminded that Jewish life is still very cheap.
The Trump administration discarded old orthodoxies that had been proven to be time-tested failures.
Apparently, Jews being appointed to high places crosses party lines.
Despite all the national infighting, the better angels of our nature, wings clipped as of late, must be called upon to guide us once again.
Despite all the national infighting, the better angels of our nature, wings clipped as of late, must be called upon to guide us once again.
2020 may be the first election in American history when a majority of voters will cast their ballots against a sitting president rather than for his challenger.
The rapid descent of civility in politics has accelerated to its lowest levels. Never before have we encountered such a spectacle in political life.