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Aug 58 min read
Save the Press!
He's not running for reelection - but he could save the First Amendment Joe Biden has in front of him a unique and historic opportunity....
Jun 106 min read
They Blinded me with . . . SCIENCE!
Trump is just a symptom of a far greater problem and its growing worse Joe Biden went to France and praised the sacrifice of World War II...
Mar 84 min read
Biden and the snickers bar
He brought up hope, accomplishments and an "optimistic" future - was anyone listening? He started out with a joke. “If I was smart I’d go...
Feb 275 min read
Do we even care?
Aaron Bushnell's startling sacrifice is a wake up call for all of us By Brian J. Karem When did our species become self-aware and what...
Nov 22, 20235 min read
The Day America died
60 years after the death of JFK we still haven't recovered My first slim memory of life was when I was about a year old. My mother and...
Nov 5, 20238 min read
Read the FU***NG Article
Headlines and subheads are the beginning - not the end of the journey By Brian J. Karem I wonder through whose eyes I see As I watch the...
Jun 10, 20237 min read
It's not all about fighting, drinking and F**king
But it is about a good time and a lot of laughter It was a long week. Anybody else need a break? Have a laugh. Have a laugh with a...
Feb 27, 20238 min read
An open letter to the President and Members of Congress . . .
Dear President Biden and Members of Congress: I apologize if what follows appears pretentious or self-serving. It is not my intent. I am...
Jul 1, 20223 min read
Open Letter to the White House
Regarding Media Access to the Biden Administration On April 8, I and a few other reporters forwarded to Press Secretary Jen Psaki a...
Feb 25, 20226 min read
Putin, Atticus Finch and Nuclear War
Trump admires Putin's "Genius" while Biden tries to prevent a global catastrophe By Brian J. Karem At one point in the novel “To Kill a...
Dec 2, 20219 min read
Then There Were Two
The Beatles ended not with a bang but a whisper from a rooftop Less than ten minutes into the second episode of the Beatle’s documentary...
Sep 4, 202114 min read
Requiem for a Dead Bunny
How I came to be the last contributing columnist standing at Playboy By Brian J. Karem I clearly and vividly remember the first time I...
Aug 25, 202110 min read
Misinformed by Disinformation
The thrill of living in the new Dark Age By Brian J. Karem Disinformation and misinformation, as subtly different as the two terms may...
Jul 25, 202110 min read
The Subtlety of Shade
Nuance is everything when controlling the message President Richard Nixon at a news conference in the East Room\ When I was a freshman in...
Jul 4, 20216 min read
Trump: A modern tent show revivalist
Dreaming of a reality that only exists in 1950s sitcoms and inside his shrinking gray matter OPINION Somewhere in the bowels of...
May 31, 20215 min read
Biden, Trump, the pandemic and the need for answers
The president gives a 90 day deadline to get to the truth Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jeanne-Pierre became only the second woman of...
May 3, 20214 min read
What we need on World Press Freedom Day
What does the future look like for the American Press? We need to make a change in this country regarding the press. As we celebrate...
Jan 21, 202016 min read
The photo
By Brian J. Karem c2020 Bartha picked up the I-phone for the seemingly umpteenth time and stared at the Instagram image that had been...
Nov 25, 20192 min read
The handy dandy POTUS excuse primer
Thrill your neighbors and friends with an excuse for any presidential scandal! Each day brings a new high in lows. A new stink and a need...
Nov 22, 20194 min read
With a bang and a whimper
How Donald Trump's impeachment will end After another week of impeachment inquiry testimony on The Hill, a few indisputable facts came...
Oct 20, 20196 min read
"Quid Pro Quo" and Screw the Kurds
It was just after 4:30 p.m. Friday on the east coast and the reporters were restless in the White House. President Donald Trump, reeling...
Jul 22, 20197 min read
The legacy of Apollo 11 vs. today's politics of doom and division
By Brian J. Karem A mere two months after my birth President John F. Kennedy urged us to “Be Bold” and to put a man on the moon and...
Jun 23, 201910 min read
Friday at the White House
The closest Trump has ever come to appearing in the White House Brady briefing room . . .
Jun 16, 20193 min read
Dear Dad
Dear Dad; Happy Father’s Day. I miss you. I held your hand as you died, but you’re still with me. The lessons you taught me stayed with...
Jun 3, 201910 min read
Killing the Free Press!
The safest way to ensure diversity of opinion is diverse ownership. But this ideal has been sacrificed by our government - Ben Bagdikian....
Mar 7, 20195 min read
Fox News, Trump and the DNC
In a move to punish Fox News for its “inappropriate” relationship with President Donald Trump - a relationship only a fool or an...
Mar 1, 20197 min read
The success of the Hanoi Summit in two words: Free Press
Whether you love the press, hate us or have no particular opinion on the Fourth Estate, it shouldn’t be hard finding some common ground:...
Feb 20, 20196 min read
I don't like politicians and other yellow-fanged beasts
My natural inclination when I hear any politician speak is to walk up to them, hand them a shovel and point them to the business end of...
Feb 12, 20194 min read
Violence against reporters must end
Picture yourself in a nation of oppressive conformity. The leader verbally assaults those who asks questions - calling them the enemy of...
Feb 1, 20197 min read
The Day After - a new arms race
Less than a month before I got married in 1983 I remember watching a made-for-television movie on ABC called “The Day After.” Having...
Jan 28, 20195 min read
It's not the questions - it's the answers - Just Gimme Some Truth!
No short-haired, yellow-bellied son of Tricky Dick’s gonna mother hubbard soft soap me with just a pocket full of hopes . . . John Lennon...
Jan 15, 201911 min read
Drug Dealers, Cheeseburgers, Kellyanne and President Trump
By Brian J. Karem Sunday morning, two eager young drug dealers in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico wanted to show me a small portion of their stash...
Jan 2, 20197 min read
The curious case of the missing Marine
By Brian J. Karem The year ended on a bang for President Donald Trump and began with hope heretofore unseen in his administration when on...
Dec 25, 20185 min read
Everybody who doesn't like Trump sucks - but a very Merry Christmas
By Brian J. Karem In the spirit of the season President Donald Trump invited a small group of reporters and photographers into the White...
Dec 23, 20183 min read
A visit from the Donald on Christmas
By Brian J. Karem (with apologies to Clement Clarke Moore and/or Major Henry Livingston Jr.) “Twas the night before Christmas and all...
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