Presidential scandals occur like clockwork every 50 years

People walk past a cryptocurrency exchange office with a screen featuring US President Donald Trump holding cryptocurrency coins in Hong Kong on March 12, 2025. (Mladen Antonov/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)

Comment & Opinion, Opinion

July 8, 2026

Presidential scandals occur like clockwork every 50 years

By CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Every 50 years, it’s become traditional for the United States to celebrate th...

From Ford to Trump — a contrast in anniversary celebrations

By CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News

June 30, 2026

WASHINGTON (TNS) — What a difference a half century has made. Fifty years ago, the nation celebrated the 200th anniversary of its Declaration of Indep...

Republicans test a threat to November’s elections

By CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News

June 25, 2026

WASHINGTON (TNS) — This past month in California, it was business as usual. In November, it could cause a national crisis. “IT” is the state’s excruci...

Needed: A bipartisan approach to fix Social Security

By CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News

June 18, 2026

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Once again, the Social Security system’s managers are warning that the nation’s main retirement fund is running out of money so tha...

Presidential scandals occur like clockwork every 50 years

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