"The tension of this multi-layered, expertly crafted series lies not in exposing the bad guys but in seeing what the so-called good guys do to get results — and the extraordinary damage left in their wake." Terrific review of Boston Globe Spotlight Team Snitch City: ft.com/content/3716d1…

Absolute must-read

Jackson still accepted the Bribe and took the money. Neither Jackson or Rose belong in the HOF

When You are Old When you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep; How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false

Were there people inside the White House that participated in the Biden cover up? I discuss how the revelations in the new book, "The Original Sin," will hurt more than President Joe Biden.

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Where’s the damn train? Finally, right?

Timor-Leste president may give clemency to Catholic priest imprisoned for raping young girls. Man was defrocked only after international attention focused on yearslong crimes. ucanews.com/amp/timor-lest…

Straus Park, UWS

Colombian court rules Catholic church must release names of up to 5,000 predator priests. Historic ruling is the result of intrepid activists demanding justice. One of the largest roster of clergy offenders worldwide.

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About time.

One of hundreds of predator priests who were - and still are - quietly sent to a church facility near St. Louis Missouri tinyurl.com/2s47stkz

New Jersey can have a grand jury investigate clergy sex abuse allegations, state high court rules apnews.com/article/clergy…

Thrilled to celebrate the brilliant Katherine Vaz and the Portuguese translation of her wonderful novel, "Above the Salt." The photo was taken by our favorite photographer, Henrique Mano, who never misses a chance to document the accomplishments of Portuguese Americans.

I'm quoted in this The Washington Post column on the continuing scandal of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. I take no pleasure in what I have to say. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/…

Nice piece in Rolling Stone. For a more complete, i.e. national, perspective on the loophope that allows religious institutions to cover-up child sex abuse, see my 2022 investigation with Jason Dearen for The Associated Press, in the following post. rollingstone.com/politics/polit…

My investigation with Jason Dearen of the clergy-penitent privilege, the law in 33 states as of 2022, which allows religious institutions to cover up child sex abuse. apnews.com/article/sex-ab…

I wrote about this case three years ago, in a landmark story for The Associated Press that revealed how a so-call Mormon Helpline insulates the church from child sex abuse lawsuits, while offering little in the way of help to victims. apnews.com/article/Mormon…

"He is stretching and bending the boundaries of the presidency as far as possible...and no one can yet know how it will end — with democratic institutions and the separation of powers intact or with some kind of authoritarian order installed." washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…