David Hearn was a scapegoat for flawed construction at Reflecting Pool
The American tendency, when faced with inconvenient truths about institutional failure, is to locate a scapegoat.
By Emilio Quesada ·
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Olympic canoeist charged by Pirro seeks to permanently sink Reflecting Pool case
There are certain sites in a city—monuments, public spaces—that function less as mere architecture and more as shared cultural memory.
By Elena Rossi ·
Trump attacks Jeanine Pirro over Reflecting Pool findings
The most enduring lesson in governance is that stability is not achieved by grand gestures or rhetorical fury; it is maintained by boring competence and adherence to the rulebook.
By Klaus Berger ·
Trump administration drops Reflecting Pool case, blaming damage on ‘botched’ installation
I rarely find myself so thoroughly disappointed by the American machinery of justice. It is tiresome, frankly, to watch powerful institutions mistake visible damage for criminal intent.
By Adele Rutherford ·