Reality Check: THE DAY MY FATHER DIED James Campion November 6, 2019 Columns, Reality Check I will always remember. It was sunny. A Saturday. Crisp autumn temperatures. Three days after his eighty-first birthday. My brother called from North Carolina. The things we discussed when I was down there in ...
Reality Check: GOP, THE RULE OF LAW, AND THE WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY: Trump’s Guilt is Absolute, So Who Will (or Won’t) Do Something About It? James Campion October 30, 2019 Columns, Reality Check Defenders of the president’s high crimes and misdemeanors are running out of stuff. And, man, they’ve tried all the stuff; denied it ever happened (quid pro quo on military aid to another nation unless it dug ...
Reality Check: PRESIDENT TERRORIST: Trump’s Attack on American Interests in the Middle East Sets Up Next 9/11 James Campion October 23, 2019 Columns, Reality Check “You are creating a Frankenstein.” —Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto to President George H. W. Bush, 1989. The president of the United States has now gone complete...
Reality Check–Reader Responses James Campion October 16, 2019 Columns, Reality Check Thank you, James for your honest reprisal of the NFL and the brutal game of football in general. (HOW LONG FOOTBALL? – Issue: 9/11/19) What parents don’t know about the long-term and in some cases short-term n...
Reality Check: DOES DONALD TRUMP WANT TO BE IMPEACHED? James Campion October 9, 2019 Reality Check “Let me make something 100 percent clear to the American public and anyone running for public office: It is illegal for any person to solicit, accept, or receive anything of value from a foreign national in co...
Reality Check: GAME SHOW HOST + PRESIDENCY = IMPEACHMENT James Campion October 2, 2019 Columns, Reality Check “In the course of my official duties, I have received information from multiple U.S. Government officials that the President of the United States is using the power of his office to solicit interference from a...
Dan Bern—The Darkest Light James Campion September 25, 2019 Buzz, Features I truly despise music writers that lead off any discussion of an artist’s latest work as “something his longtime fans will absolutely love.” But, to be fair, it applies to Dan Bern’s latest collection of songs...
Reality Check: READERS’ RESPONSES James Campion September 25, 2019 Columns, Reality Check Mr. Campion, I have never been entirely sure why Manson and his gruesome murders have continued to intrigue us. (AUGUST 9, 1969 – Issue: 8/7/19) I do get it in the immediate like O.J. or JonBenét Ramsey, th...
Reality Check: IN MEMORIAM: DANIEL JOHNSTON [1961 – 2019] James Campion September 18, 2019 Columns, Reality Check Listen up and I'll tell a story About an artist growing old Some would try for fame and glory Others aren't so bold That is the first verse of a song called “The Story of an Artist,” which would be...
HOW LONG, FOOTBALL? – The Decline in American Youth Football is Real and Increasing James Campion September 11, 2019 Columns, Reality Check The short answer to the above question is probably forever. But the long answer is not in any form you can recognize, and that part has already begun. It is because of this march towards whatever the game i...
