by Nina Burleigh | Nov 18, 2022
Editor’s Note: At the news of Nancy Pelosi’s retirement from leadership of the House, we pay tribute to her by re-publishing this insightful article by veteran political correspondent Nina Burleigh. It was originally written right after the government...
by Nina Burleigh | Aug 17, 2022
Editor’s Note: We are re-publishing this article on the news that Liz Cheney lost the GOP primary bid for her seat in Wyoming. We think she has bigger things coming her way anyhow. *** Whenever I think of the brilliant Adam McKay movie about former Vice...
by Nina Burleigh | Apr 14, 2022
Last week, a jury in Michigan acquitted two men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, and the judge called a mistrial for two others about whom the jury could not come to a decision. The four were among 13 men, associated with an extremely...
by Nina Burleigh | May 12, 2021
Excerpted from Virus: Vaccinations, the CDC, and the Hijacking of America’s Response to the Pandemic published by Seven Stories Press. Copyright © 2021 by Nina Burleigh. *** Seattle, June 4, 2020, 9 a.m. Missy Peña reclined on a gurney with two giant needles jammed...
by Nina Burleigh | Sep 27, 2017
By my second day traveling the Amazon River, I was getting cocky. The storied jungle had yet to produce a single peril: no colossal serpent, poison dart, or maggots embedded in flesh. We were hiking inside a vinous moss-green shroud, a day’s journey by boat away...