By [email protected] (Andrew Kreig) A California parole board this month rejected a dramatic plea to release the convicted slayer of 1968 presidential contender Robert F. Kennedy, thereby continuing one of the nation’s most notorious murder cover-ups. Kennedy friend Paul Schrade, 91, argued that the convicted Sirhan B. Sirhan, firing from Kennedy’s front, could not have […]

By [email protected] (Andrew Kreig) As the Democratic presidential race next moves to the heavily black electorate in South Carolina, two misleading smears of candidate Bernie Sanders by prominent African-American supporters of Hillary Clinton taint the critics’ fairness and that of their institutions. Washington Post editorial board member Jonathan Capehart and Georgia Congressman John Lewis, a […]

By [email protected] (Andrew Kreig) The most raucous and otherwise remarkable debate in modern presidential history took place Feb. 13 in South Carolina and seems likely to lead to a stunning victory for front-runner Donald Trump in the state’s primary Feb. 20. Trump — by insulting several of his rivals and GOP eminences as well as […]

By [email protected] (Andrew Kreig) The two presidential candidates disdaining corporate donations won huge victories in the New Hampshire primaries Feb. 9 but the next steps in their races remain unusually open as the campaign moves this month to Nevada and South Carolina. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders won a 60-38 victory in the Democratic primary over […]