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Dick Polman, a former national political columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer and WHYY News who has covered politics since 1988, currently writes weekly at dickpolman.substack.com. His work is syndicated nationally by Cagle.com, and he teaches journalism at the University of Pennsylvania, where he has been its “Writer in Residence” since 2006.

Recent Stories

Polman: Nostalgia alert! Pam Bondi makes me pine for Janet Reno.

Imagine having an Attorney General who was so independent, she pissed off her president.

Polman: Trump posted the Obama ape image because he's instinctively in sync with the American id

His racist expressionism is as primal as one’s urge to visit the toilet.

Polman: The F-word is finally and rightly ubiquitous

What took people so long to process what was so obvious?

Polman: Trump's masked thugs are massively unpopular. But does public opinion matter anymore?

Anti-ICE sentiment could spark a democratic rebirth. Or doom us further.

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