Hiking with my friend Paul in Indian Canyons, owned and operated by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians as reservation land. He captured these bighorn sheep.

"It was as dishonest and cowardly a statement that could possibly be made by a woman who grew up facing real discrimination in the cradle of the Confederacy."

What Nikki Haley said about the Civil War was an abomination and a purposeful one: bit.ly/3SiNnBG

"The evil that came to pass in Auschwitz first came to pass in an election. The Nazis didn’t run on Auschwitz. In fact, they kept it a secret. Their issue was national greatness, inflation and jobs."

It is always important to be able to distinguish between what extremists will say to get power, and what they intend to do with it: bit.ly/420XqOW

"'The Zone of Interest' is the greatest meditation ever made on film about the banality of evil and the capacity of human beings to be indifferent towards cruelty that beggars imagination."

More on what this film can teach us about today's politics: bit.ly/420XqOW

"Today is a day where we remember the capacity for greatness within a human being and his message of love, peace and justice."

As Donald Trump and MAGA push their lies and hate, we must fight to honor Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy: youtu.be/gthlX_iYRiY

"Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King were murdered by white supremacists nearly 100 years apart in events linked by an enduring American battle between an insidious malevolence and the rising tide of freedom."

More on the everlasting legacy of these American bastions of freedom: bit.ly/3Hl1lg0

Today, we remember Martin Luther King. I highly encourage you to read some of his magnificent speeches found in the link below which tell the story of American freedom and sacrifice that animated the life of this giant.

bit.ly/3Hl1lg0

"Nikki Haley has a rationale that says she may be able to win one state in New Hampshire, but her lackluster showing this evening would seem to suggest she's not going to have much bounce coming out of Iowa, which doesn't set her up well to make a run at Donald Trump."

Subscribe to @scrippsnews for more news from the Iowa Caucuses and watch more of my analysis here: youtu.be/JrTVZYSYJv0

"What Donald Trump is signaling is he is the de facto Republican nominee, that he's won decisively in Iowa, that he intends to move forward and to win next in New Hampshire. That's the meaning of that speech, incoherent though it may have been."

Watch more of my analysis from @scrippsnews following the Iowa caucus: youtu.be/3LKyVA4XU7I

"There has never been a person who promises the thing that Donald Trump promises who upon election has failed to deliver them."

More on the heightened danger of Trump and his rhetoric after his big win in Iowa: youtu.be/HUCz_cbutxc

"The Trump menace must be opposed effectively with moral force, great humility and constant confrontation. The effort is falling short and failing the country. President Biden deserves better."

More on what Democrats and the Biden campaign can do to effectively take the fight to Donald Trump: bit.ly/47FxfOP

"The fact of the matter is the answer that Vice President Harris gave is not worthy of the fight ahead, and the great cause that must be defended."

My thoughts on how Democrats can improve their messaging in their fight against the Trump menace: bit.ly/47FxfOP

"All across America, young men, alone, angry and isolated, stare at their phones and watch Strickland’s rage spew forth. They mistake his idiocy for bravery, his venom for wisdom and his bigotry for liberty."

More on how Sean Strickland represents the face of MAGA: bit.ly/3Hqu9DH

"Like many broken people who become Nazis, Strickland is the product of abuse and psychological torture. His brutalization is the foundation of his sociopathy."

More on how UFC champion Sean Strickland has become the face of MAGA: bit.ly/3Hqu9DH

"Mythological America has never existed, but the promise held out through the story has always been real. There is no greater act of apathy and malaise than having the energy to judge the past, ignore the present, and disdain responsibility for the future."

I lay out how we're living in an era where reality and mythology are straining against each other: bit.ly/3vKWCSk

"The American people have a big decision to make a little less than a year from now... My belief is that decision could be catastrophic for the republic, for our children and their grandchildren. I think it's important to put on the record that people like Sean Strickland will be very happy about that."

More of my thoughts on how the face of MAGA has changed and the heightened danger to the country that presents: youtu.be/p0_BRkxPpnQ

"It is always important to remember that there may be truth in myth, but absolute truth is more complex than heroic memories."

More on the battle of this era in America between reality and mythology: bit.ly/3vKWCSk