Now that Good is dead and the truth is dying, Journalism needs to continue standing; the question is who, if anyone, will finally stand up for the public trust meant to be served. This is not the end of news; it is the bill coming due for years of decisions that treated a civic institution like a disposable asset.

If a lesson of January 6 is that elections can be undone by force, the lesson of Trump v. United States is that accountability can be undone by doctrine. The Court may insist it was protecting the presidency, but the effect was to protect one man. In doing so, it told future presidents exactly how far they can go and how safely.

This is dedicated to all my children and grandkids, from see you in the morning, to hello, mister sunshine. I have three words for Youse. RUN TO ME

I love the state of New York in all its size and glory. its rivers and ridgelines, its crowded streets and wide-open skies, its noise and silence, its beauty, and raunchy, stubborn refusal to be anything other than New York.

The USA now operates under something closer to an imperial presidency when it comes to war. Not because the Constitution changed, but because enforcement vanished. This is an institutional failure. Congress has traded its most solemn responsibility, deciding when Americans kill and die, for convenience and cover. And presidents, unsurprisingly, have filled the vacuum.

There was a time when CBS News didn’t need to explain itself. Its values were evident in the reporting, the restraint, the seriousness of purpose. That inheritance has been squandered before in broadcast history, and it can be restored again — but only if leadership remembers that journalism is not performance or positioning. It is responsibility. And responsibility cannot be delegated.