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If the Democrats were smart, they would join President Trump's call for a full investigation of the 2020 election. This might finally show the American people that it was all lies and the 2020 election was normal. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump escalates demands for 2020 election investigations and prosecutions
The renewed focus on 2020 comes as Trump has begun to see results from his demands to prosecute his critics, including former FBI director James B. Comey.
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November 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Originalism is a mirage. My op-ed today in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. www.post-gazette.com/opinion/gues...
Bruce Ledewitz: Originalism is a mirage. Judges must exercise political judgment.
Justice Amy Barrett writes in her recent book, “Listening to the Law,” that she is an originalist. She’s not. Neither are Justices...
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November 3, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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The Lure of the Transcendent. My column in OnlySky.

#lureofthetranscendent

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The lure of the transcendent
We need a secular framework for human experiences of awe and deep meaning.
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October 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Trump stops a war. My column today in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. www.post-gazette.com/opinion/gues...
Bruce Ledewitz: President Trump stops the war in Gaza
The Gaza war has stopped for now, as Israel and Hamas negotiate the terms of a White House sponsored peace deal. The Israeli hostages, or their remains,...
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October 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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End the filibuster to reopen the government. My column today in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. www.post-gazette.com/opinion/gues...
Bruce Ledewitz: The bizarre rule that let the government shutdown has got to go
As I write this column, the federal government is in a partial shutdown that should not have happened. Governments should never shut down. Shutdowns are...
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October 6, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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High Holy Days Reflection in OnlySky. How do secularists do confession, repentance, forgiveness and reconciliation?

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Do secularists need confession and repentance?
Seeking forgiveness, and granting it, makes us better people.
onlys.ky
September 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Political violence arises out of beliefs, not rhetoric. The question is, are these beliefs true? My column today in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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Bruce Ledewitz: The real cause of American political violence isn’t the rhetoric
In the wake of the assassination of conservative activist and icon Charlie Kirk, The New York Times editorialized that we need “to turn down the...
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September 22, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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The upcoming Pennsylvania judicial retention election. Control of the Pa. Supreme Court hangs in the balance. The issue is partisanship. My column today in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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Bruce Ledewitz: Our state Supreme Court justices are partly partisan
On November 3, 2015, voters changed the makeup of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court by electing three Democratic Party candidates to 10-year terms: Christine...
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September 8, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Democrats, just say no to redistricting. My column today in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

#saynotoredistricting
Bruce Ledewitz: Democratic states can save the Constitution without imitating Texas
I think former Attorney General Eric Holder has lost his mind. He suggested that Democrats in New York and California engage in extreme congressional district...
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August 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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David Brooks thinks people cannot flourish in a secular society. My column today in OnlySky. onlys.ky/can-people-t...
Can people thrive in a secular society?
Are secular values the cause of our malaise?
onlys.ky
August 21, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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2025's relentless summer. When are we going to do something serious about climate change? My column today in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. www.post-gazette.com/opinion/gues...
Bruce Ledewitz: Republicans, please learn from the relentless summer of 2025
At 5:15 a.m., on July 25, I came back inside the house from walking the dogs and asked Alexa for the temperature. The calm female voice responded, “In...
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August 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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I posted a few days ago about my essay on OnlySky, but now I can include the OnlySky account as well. onlys.ky/does-the-rul...
Does the rule of law have a future?
Is law objective, or just the preferences of those in power?
onlys.ky
July 31, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Is there a future for the rule of law? My column for OnlySky.

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Does the rule of law have a future?
Is law objective, or just the preferences of those in power?
onlys.ky
July 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Trump v CASA was rightly decided and is no threat. My column today in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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Bruce Ledewitz: How to stop a president from violating the Constitution without a national injunction
One of President Trump’s first acts upon assuming office was to issue an executive order purporting to end birthright citizenship — the principle...
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July 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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My country diminished. My Fourth of July reflection responding to CC Pecknold.

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Bruce Ledewitz: The new 'postliberals' like Trump but not the Declaration of Independence
A year ago, on the Fourth of July, my country was an idea — the idea embodied in the Declaration of Independence. The colonists did not fight for...
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July 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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President Trump's actions in LA were lawful. My column today in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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Bruce Ledewitz: If Lincoln could do it, Trump can do it, but he shouldn't
The late, great constitutionalist Charles Black used to ask his law school students why Abraham Lincoln did not ask the U.S. Supreme Court for an injunction...
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July 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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OnlySky published my essay, The Future of Evil, today.

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The future of evil
Secular culture needs its own understanding of what shapes our character.
onlys.ky
June 30, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Donald Trump's Iranian Mistake. No, not the bombing. My column today in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. www.post-gazette.com/opinion/gues...
Bruce Ledewitz: Donald Trump’s Iranian mistake
Now that there is (as I write) a ceasefire, we can see the serious mistake President Donald made with regard to Iran. His mistake was not that he joined...
www.post-gazette.com
June 30, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Why the Democrats Cannot Defeat Trump. My column today in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. www.post-gazette.com/opinion/gues...
Bruce Ledewitz: Why the Democrats can't defeat Donald Trump
What next for the Democrats? It should be easy for the Democrats to take back power from the Republicans. Donald Trump’s presidency thus far...
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June 16, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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First They Came for Harvard. My column today in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
#firsttheycameforharvard

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Bruce Ledewitz: First They Came for Harvard. They'll come for us.
Not many people have sympathy for Harvard University in its fight with President Donald Trump. Harvard is rich — with an endowment of more than $50...
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June 2, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Catholic conservatives never understood Pope Francis. My column today in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. www.post-gazette.com/opinion/gues...
Bruce Ledewitz: An non-believer explains why Catholic conservatives never understood Pope Francis
In a New York Times story about the late Pope Francis’s relationship with Catholic conservatives, Michael Hichborn, president of the traditionalist...
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May 5, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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The Tragedy of the Federalist Society. My column today in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. www.post-gazette.com/opinion/gues...
Bruce Ledewitz: The conservative legal movement does not defend the Constitution
n the movie “The Bridge on the River Kwai,” Colonel Nicholson, played by Alec Guinness, leads captured British POWs in building a splendid...
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April 21, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Republicans, get rid of the filibuster. My column today in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. www.post-gazette.com/opinion/gues...
Bruce Ledewitz: Republicans, get rid of the filibuster but force Trump to act legally
We have just witnessed the absurd spectacle of Democrats in the U.S. Senate conducting an unjustified filibuster against a Republican appropriations bill...
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March 24, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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The Democrats need a platform. Here are three items to put in it. My column today in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. www.post-gazette.com/opinion/gues...
Bruce Ledewitz: A Democratic people’s platform that could defeat Donald Trump
The Democratic Party — my party — must be the most inept political organization in history. The first six weeks of Donald Trump’s presidency...
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March 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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The Justices will step up and Trump will back down. My column today in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. www.post-gazette.com/opinion/gues...
Bruce Ledewitz: The Supreme Court will step up and Trump will back down
Since his inauguration, Donald Trump has been acting like a king in ways that either violate the Constitution under existing law or would do so if anyone...
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February 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM