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By JUDITH TRUESDELL

 Donald Trump’s pick for the top law enforcement official and top Defense Department official in the country seem glaringly lacking in respect for the law when it applies to them or their prospective boss.Matt Gaetz, who has withdrawn himself from...

By JUDITH TRUESDELL

 Thomas Jefferson did not always live up to his ideals, but he was a master at articulating the goals of good government in defending the rights of man.In considering what kind of government I would like to live under, considering why people need...

By JUDITH TRUESDELL

I have to say, I agree with Donald Trump. The 2020 election was rigged, but not for the absurdities he spouted. How many other “democracies” have “swing voters,” “battleground states,” and “third-party spoilers?” Why was the 2020 election decided by...

By JUDITH TRUESDELL

In the last 10 years, I have written several times about how our election system could be made democratic by eliminating the state support for political parties. Now I will address how Congress could also be made democratic by changing the system to...

By JUDITH TRUESDELL

There are so many issues raised in Bill Newman’s column, “The illusion of kinder, gentler executions,” [Recorder, Feb. 5]. A side issue is the Supreme Court shadow docket; issuing decisions without any written opinion. It should be unconstitutional...

By JUDITH TRUESDELL

I usually skip over the Beacon Hill roll call page, but the headline on Jan. 20 caught my eye: “Students must take a financial literacy course,” proposed as a new requirement before graduation.“The components of the curriculum would include the...

By JUDITH TRUESDELL

In the Aug. 29 Recorder, there was an Associated Press article with the headline: “Poll: Biden is widely seen as too old for office.” Following are some quotations from that article:“In the poll, fully 77% said Biden is too old to be effective for...

By JUDITH TRUESDELL

I was struck (as by lightning) by columnist Jon Huer’s column “Between the White House and prison — The case for a national jury,” [Recorder, Aug. 12] in which he proposed that the voters judge Donald Trump in the next election. I would like to rebut...

By JUDITH TRUESDELL

Capitalism, as I understand it, is an economic system (not a political system, though the Republican Party likes to claim it as their own) that relies on private ownership of capital and the sanctity of contracts to allow individuals produce wealth...

By JUDITH TRUESDELL

The movie “Spotlight” showed how The Boston Globe uncovered and published the sex-abuse scandal in the Catholic church. The Spotlight team of investigative reporters, having found six priests who had abused children and been covered up by the church,...