I covered Washington for 36 years and watched the nation get drunk on partisanship. Here’s a 12-step recovery plan. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/lets-celeb...

In a nation that leans right of center, a cell of radical Democrats – and the lefties who support them – together threaten what could otherwise be a Democratic sweep in November‘s midterm election. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/the-democr...

After spending $29 billion on this fraught and fruitless war, which has led to raging inflation that has already cost the American people $132 billion, Trump took the only way out he could find. The trouble is, it could turn out to be no way out at all. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/this-isnt-...

Here in the new Gilded Age, the bloody battles staged by Ultimate Fighting Championship serve as an apt metaphor for the billionaire worldview, where money equals might and might makes right. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/life-as-a-...

Shouldn’t we have learned by now that "outsider" candidates tend to fail, either on the campaign trail or in office? jerryzremski.substack.com/p/graham-pla...

My recent hospital stay and the data both prove it: The America we know today, and America’s future, both depend on the immigrants the Trump administration is either trying to expel or alienate. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/immigrants...

Creation of the "anti-weaponization fund" is the most un-American thing the “America First” president has done. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/the-art-of...

During the first Gilded Age, Andrew Carnegie’s “Gospel of Wealth” led him to give away most of his riches. But here amid the second Gilded Age, the likes of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos follow the Gospel of Self. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/todays-tec...

How does a coal miner's grandson end up meeting and writing about presidents? Here's how. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/how-to-be-...

Partisans are becoming more partisan — and wrecking the nation’s future in the process. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/weve-becom...

Political ad-making has never been one of the helping professions. But now, thanks to AI, it's no help at all. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/the-future...

How did we go from what Reagan’s ad team called “morning in America” to this dark place where a third of Americans surveyed see uncivil behavior both online and in person at least once a week? It may well be a matter of long-term conditioning. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/what-ever-...

It appears that the president is a prideful, greedy, licentious, envious, gluttonous, wrathful sloth. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/the-seven-...

And now for something completely different: a look at my own faith journey, and my increasing fear that Americans have stopped looking for the light: jerryzremski.substack.com/p/the-work-i...

Don’t take the Democrats’ recent success as a sign that their happy days are here again. A close look at polling data shows they are likely just benefiting from President Trump’s growing unpopularity rather than building a solid coalition. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/the-democr...

The president and his aides launch a lawless attack on the news networks: jerryzremski.substack.com/p/an-iran-wa...

I've finally written something that people on every side of the political spectrum might agree with: jerryzremski.substack.com/p/in-defense...

Killing Khamenei implies that any nation can assassinate the leader of any other nation. All it takes is good intelligence and the right weapons – and the U.S. and Israel are by no means the only countries with good intelligence and the right weapons. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/have-we-en...

The Pentagon’s battle with Anthropic could foreshadow creation of a surveillance state. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/this-is-ho...

Artificial intelligence is booming. White-collar jobs and factory jobs are disappearing. Immigrants are leaving. Welcome to an economic moment unlike any America has ever seen. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/dont-fear-...

The Trump administration is using prosecution as persecution – and no American is safe from a government that does that. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/why-don-le...

I wrote this in anger on Wednesday night and held off publishing it, thinking it was just too angry. But actually, upon further reflection, I think the tone is just right. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/jeff-bezos...

WJLA asked me to discuss the evisceration of the Washington Post. Here is what I had to say: WJLA asked me to discuss the eviscerated Washington Post. Here is what I had to say: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2OI...

CBS News served as the gateway drug to my lifelong addiction to journalism. But now it’s being pushed rightward — and to the abyss — by its grossly underqualified new leader. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/the-misedu...

Stuck inside on a snow day with nothing to do, I couldn't help myself. I had to write about what's happening in Minneapolis. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/untruths-a...

Trumpland. The Trumpublican Party. The possibilities are endless: jerryzremski.substack.com/p/a-modest-p...

I saw a real insurrection firsthand on Jan. 6, 2021. So I think it's useful to compare what we saw then to what's happening now in the ICE protests in Minnesota. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/what-an-in...

Level-headed, well-trained law enforcement officers typically don’t shoot people in the face and then walk away muttering: “F**king bitch.” jerryzremski.substack.com/p/americans-...

I posted this on Saturday when you were probably reading about Venezuela. The @democrats.org refused to release their 2024 "autopsy," so I did one of my own: jerryzremski.substack.com/p/the-democr...

I know my timing is a bit off here, what with the U.S. toppling a foreign government and all, but I always post on Saturdays, so here goes. The Democrats decided to bury their “autopsy” of their 2024 campaign, so I wrote one for them. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/the-democr...

Tired of all the partisanship and political division? It's time to take matters into our own hands. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/how-to-be-...

The Trump administration appears to have a plan to police ideology – replete with a tip line where, conceivably, your neighbors could snitch on you if they suspect you of any left-wing wrongdoing. How to respond? By investing in the First Amendment. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/as-the-tru...

I had a bit of a spat with Google Gemini a few weeks ago -- and it made me worry even more that the AI craze could end in a stock market crash. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/ai-still-d...

Trump has pardoned more than enough people to fill the federal prisons at Leavenworth. He’s freed insurrectionists, drug traffickers, crypto creeps, scammers of all sorts and plenty of corrupt politicians. The bottom line message? Anything goes. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/the-turkey...

People kept asking me: “What do you think of this Olivia Nuzzi thing?” Well, I'm afraid it offers a troubling lesson about journalism in Washington: jerryzremski.substack.com/p/olivia-nuz...

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! I had a spare hour today, so I figured I’d write a bonus thank-you post to all of you who’ve been reading my Substack — and to anyone else who realizes that we all have a lot to be thankful for here in the U.S. in 2025. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/reasons-to...

People seem to think Congress forced President Trump to quickly release a complete version of the #EpsteinFiles. Think again. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/how-can-we...

Leave it to Democrats to spit on their own victory parade: jerryzremski.substack.com/p/why-cant-d...

This Republican Congress is not meeting its constitutional obligations. Admittedly, though, lawmakers are meeting at least one constitutional obligation. They’re meeting their obligation to get paid.

I just couldn't help it. I had to weigh in on last night's election. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/recriminat...

I've been around a long time, so I think I'm qualified to try to answer the question: How did the world’s oldest and proudest democracy become a demagogue’s plaything without a functioning legislature? jerryzremski.substack.com/p/the-bipart...

My column Saturday will be headlined “The bipartisan destruction of a government that worked,” and it will detail, error by error and crass move by crass move, how we got to this point. I’ve seen it all in 36 years covering DC. Subscribe at jerryzremski.substack.com.

I'm mostly going to write about politics on my new Substack, but I decided to start with something personal: jerryzremski.substack.com/p/bruce-spri...

I'm heading to Buffalo today to say goodbye to my colleagues at The Buffalo News. Meanwhile, I'm thinking: "He not busy being born is busy dying." jerryzremski.substack.com/p/welcome-to...

I'm retiring from The Buffalo News, but I'll be writing a column of analysis and opinion on Substack. Please subscribe -- it's free! open.substack.com/pub/jerryzre...

So this is how I am saying goodbye, sort of... buffalonews.com/news/local/c...

Some personal news: I've had a great career @TheBuffaloNews, but now it's time for me to move on -- to focus on my important work @merrillcollege and work just one job. Thanks for reading -- and just so you know, I am not done writing yet.

It sure is nice to be referred to as “the excellent Jerry Zremski”: open.substack.com/pub/margaret...

Sometimes people say: “I hear you’ve retired and gone into academia” — and I laugh. At @merrillcollege, I lead the Local News Network, where my students and I have produced seven major projects in the last three years. You can see our work here: cnsmaryland.org/local-news-n...

Some interesting stats from the Cato Institute: