Scott Martelle spent more than 30 years in newsrooms before moving to opinion writing. He has covered presidential elections, books and publishing, and countless other topics in a career given mostly to general assignment reporting. Martelle is the author of several history books, and previously worked as a journalist in Western New York and Detroit, where he honed an interest in labor issues. A native of Maine, he lives with his wife in Irvine, where they raised their two sons.
Latest From This Author
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Trump called his rally-goers ‘patriots’ as he urged them to march on Congress. Neither he nor his GOP Senate backers seem to understand the word.
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The impeachment of Donald Trump should not be an issue of party politics and party loyalty. This should be about what we are as a democracy.
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Virginia becomes the first of the secessionist states to end a practice with deep roots in slavery and racism. Good for Virginia.
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Virginia may become the first of the secessionist Civil War states to formally end a practice inextricably tied to slavery and its legacy of racism.
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You know, when it comes right down to it, it’s been a fast four years. Or not.
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Congress has failed for years to fix our broken immigration system. Biden’s immigration proposals could give the members a chance to redeem themselves.
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With the execution Friday night of Dustin Higgs, the Trump administration ended a killing spree unrivaled in modern federal history.
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If there is any good to come from this atrocious administration, it’s that Trump has forced a much closer understanding of civics and the Constitution.
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El sentimiento antigubernamental nos acompaña desde hace mucho tiempo (no es una sorpresa para un país fundado en la revolución), pero la violencia política es su expresión más peligrosa.
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Anti-government sentiment has long been with us (no surprise for a country founded in revolution), but political violence is its most dangerous expression.