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GOOD SUNDAY MORNING! Happy Republican convention eve. Eight days until the Democratic convention in Philadelphia. DEVELOPING -- “Turkey Rounds Up Thousands of Military Personnel,” by NYT’s Tim Arango and Ceylan Yeginsu in Istanbul (A11 in the print...

The Reverend Al Sharpton, anchorman, preacher, politician and shakedown artist extraordinaire, has led what can be viewed as a charmed life. A lengthy expose published yesterday on The Smoking Gun website (see pdf) provides some insight as to why. Starting...

Chickens for Kapparot. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. One of the best (or worst, depending on how you think about it) ways to see the New York Times’ egregious bias against Jews is to look for double standards. An excellent (or horrible) recent example...

It's funny how many "advice" columns I've seen in the past week telling Donald Trump what he needs to do in tonight's debate. Basically, they all say the same thing. He doesn't need to wow people with his mastery of policy details. All he needs to do...

SIGN UP: Get Nesi’s Notes by Email Happy Saturday! Here’s another edition of my weekend column for WPRI.com – as always, send your takes, tips and trial balloons to tnesi@wpri.com and follow @tednesi on Twitter. 1. They say it takes three to make a...