Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

jnmik.bsky.social

@jnmik.bsky.social

Ethics Shmethics
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

Why are America’s most powerful professional associations silent in the face of professional disgraces in the Trump regime?

open.substack.com

December 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM

jnmik.bsky.social

@jnmik.bsky.social

youtu.be/eQDjyZWw_A4?...

Robert Reich Reacts: “It's a Wonderful Life”

YouTube video by Robert Reich

youtu.be

December 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM

jnmik.bsky.social

@jnmik.bsky.social

One Courageous Correspondent
open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...

One Courageous Correspondent

What happened inside “60 Minutes” this weekend

open.substack.com

December 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM

jnmik.bsky.social

@jnmik.bsky.social

You Look Great
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

You Look Great

How older humans greet each other in the cosmos

open.substack.com

December 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM

jnmik.bsky.social

@jnmik.bsky.social

Sunday thought: Our political trauma
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

Sunday thought: Our political trauma

Friends,

open.substack.com

December 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM

jnmik.bsky.social

@jnmik.bsky.social

Angry Man Howls at the Moon
open.substack.com/pub/wolvesan...

Angry Man Howls at the Moon

One day after Donald Trump’s chief of staff told the world her boss has an alcoholic’s personality, Trump gave the country a demonstration of what she means.

open.substack.com

December 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM

jnmik.bsky.social

@jnmik.bsky.social

Amending the Constitution to Restrict the Pardon Power Would Be Unforgivable
open.substack.com/pub/staytune...

Amending the Constitution to Restrict the Pardon Power Would Be Unforgivable

The misuse of the pardon power should not be confused with the value of the power itself

open.substack.com

December 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM

jnmik.bsky.social

@jnmik.bsky.social

O Generous One!
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

O Generous One!

Christmas Carols, 2/2

open.substack.com

December 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM

jnmik.bsky.social

@jnmik.bsky.social

How Can Outrageous CEO Pay be Stopped?
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

How Can Outrageous CEO Pay be Stopped?

Here's One Good Answer

open.substack.com

December 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM

jnmik.bsky.social

@jnmik.bsky.social

The Logic of Destruction
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

The Logic of Destruction

And how to resist it

open.substack.com

December 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM

jnmik.bsky.social

@jnmik.bsky.social

The clearest symptom yet of Trump’s mental decline
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

The clearest symptom yet of Trump’s mental decline

His brain is turning into sh*t

open.substack.com

December 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM

jnmik.bsky.social

@jnmik.bsky.social

Winner of this week’s Joseph Welch Award
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

Winner of this week’s Joseph Welch Award

For standing up to tyranny. In honor of attorney Joseph Welch, who represented the U.S. Army in the Army-McCarthy Hearings of June 1954.

open.substack.com

December 1, 2025 at 10:03 AM

jnmik.bsky.social

@jnmik.bsky.social

Sunday thought: The Bigot in the Oval Office
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

Sunday thought: The Bigot in the Oval Office

Like dictators before him, Trump’s road to tyranny is paved with hate

open.substack.com

November 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM

jnmik.bsky.social

@jnmik.bsky.social

Trump, the Pope, and me
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

Trump, the Pope, and me

The real meaning of Pope Leo’s and my favorite film

open.substack.com

November 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM

jnmik.bsky.social

@jnmik.bsky.social

Gratitude
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

Gratitude

Thanksgiving thoughts

open.substack.com

November 27, 2025 at 11:32 AM

jnmik.bsky.social

@jnmik.bsky.social

How to Get Rid of “Citizens United”
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"

We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.

open.substack.com

November 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM

jnmik.bsky.social

@jnmik.bsky.social

Sunday thought
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

Sunday thought

The rot at the top

open.substack.com

November 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM

jnmik.bsky.social

@jnmik.bsky.social

Unilever/Magnum has been silencing Ben & Jerry’s when the brand has tried to speak out about social injustices & progressive values. It’s wrong.

Join me & sign Ben from Ben & Jerry's petition & be entered in a raffle to win a free pint of his pro-ceasefire sorbet! sign.moveon.org/petitions/un...