John Casey

At first glance, Roy Cohn, Stephen Miller and Emil Bove share an eerie resemblance, though they hail from distinct eras of American dysfunction. Cohn was a McCarthy-era fixer and Manhattan attorney who mentored the young Donald Trump then died in disgrace... See more

One of the most disturbing things about the Trump administration’s response to the shooting death of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis isn’t just that they’re lying. It’s how easy the lying seems to be. It starts at the top, with the liar-in-chief, and tri... See more

Wednesday in Minneapolis, our world lost someone named Good, and the cruel irony is impossible to ignore. Renee Nicole Good was shot and killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during an immigration enforcement operation. She did not die beca... See more

If you were hung over on New Year’s Day, and decided to take it easy by reading the Wall Street Journal’s deep dive into Donald Trump’s aging and health, one item no doubt stood out, because it was so viscerally grotesque. The Journal resurfaced an accoun... See more

There is an old warning in foreign policy about the arrogance of power, “If you break it, you own it.” That principle, popularly known as the Pottery Barn rule, was articulated by Colin Powell in private conversations with President George W. Bush ahead o... See more