Opinion

The First is all about ideas, conversations, curiosity, and most of all freedom. To that end, we publish a plethora of content from both our own writers and outside contributors. We focus especially on real people, with real jobs, and real opinions, not the blather you see repeated on cable news.

We are not beholden to one person, party, or partisan agenda. We call it like we see it, and we want to bring you those who do the same.

So click below to read some of the premiere content from some of our contributors. Don’t like what they have to say? Have a question? Email them, or contact us at ideas@thefirsttv.com.

HIT JOB: ProPublica Wants Clarence Thomas’ Head on a Platter | Steve Berman

HIT JOB: ProPublica Wants Clarence Thomas’ Head on a Platter | Steve Berman


Opinion Contributor

Justice Clarence Thomas is an odd bird. He almost became a priest. Now his history hobnobbing with an eccentric conservative billionaire might do him in. An English Literature major, hardly the path for a political powerhouse planning a law career, it was MLK’s assassination that drove Thomas to apply to Yale Law through its brand-new …

DEMOCRATS: Why Let D’s Do The Dirty Work? | Steve Berman

DEMOCRATS: Why Let D’s Do The Dirty Work? | Steve Berman


Opinion Contributor

In the New York Times today, there are two legal analyses of Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg’s case against former President Donald J. Trump. Charles Savage calls it “risky and novel” and focuses on Trump’s deception of tax authorities, that could make the prosecution “simpler” to prove. David French remains skeptical. Erick Erickson picked up the tax angle, making fun …

STOP AI? Musk and Others Call for a Pause | Steve Berman

STOP AI? Musk and Others Call for a Pause | Steve Berman


Opinion Contributor

It’s only taken six weeks for AI to take over flagship status at major search engines. Microsoft, on Wednesday, unveiled plans to fire all 142 of its GitHub tech workers in India. “GitHub is a fully-integrated platform powered by artificial intelligence (AI) for developers and customers,” a company spokesperson told the media. If you don’t know what …

RATIO’D: CNN’s Dumbest Tweet Ever | Steve Berman

RATIO’D: CNN’s Dumbest Tweet Ever | Steve Berman


Opinion Contributor

One of my favorite aphorisms is “in the race to the bottom, there is no bottom.” But I think this tweet asymptotically approaches the singularity of stupid at the core of racial offense.  The replies here are spot-on and well-deserved. I’ll skip the crassest ones, although Twitter boss and meme-lord Elon Musk gave one the 💯 emoji. The consensus …

WITCH HUNT: Trump’s Not So Crazy Waco Strategy | Steve Berman

WITCH HUNT: Trump’s Not So Crazy Waco Strategy | Steve Berman


Opinion Contributor

As we know, Donald J. Trump was not arrested last week on charges of—well, we’re not really sure what they will be—by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. The former president kicked off his official 2024 campaign with a rally in Waco, Texas. The theme was “witch hunt.” His fans lapped it up like beer at a monster …

BIDEN CORPORATISM: Funds Told to Spend Your Retirement on ESG | Steve Berman

BIDEN CORPORATISM: Funds Told to Spend Your Retirement on ESG | Steve Berman


Opinion Contributor

Earlier in the week, I made a passing reference to President Biden’s veto of a Republican effort to stop a Department of Labor rule dealing with retirement funds. Yawn; exciting stuff. The rant wasn’t even about that topic; it was a screed against navel-gazing while the totalitarians have their wedding day. But I feel like this arcane topic …

NEW WORLD ORDER: Now is Not The Time to Screw Around

NEW WORLD ORDER: Now is Not The Time to Screw Around


Opinion Contributor

China and Russia’s leaders have pledged to make a “new world order” based on their brand of governing. They sealed their promise with a swarm of Iranian suicide terror drones blasting Kyiv. Joe Biden issued the first veto of his presidency, shooting down a Republican ban on the Labor Department’s impending rule to allow huge government pension …

ISRAEL’S WARNING: “The Abyss is at our Fingertips” | Steve Berman

ISRAEL’S WARNING: “The Abyss is at our Fingertips” | Steve Berman


Opinion Contributor

If you want a glimpse of a country with its unpopular leader the defendant in a seemingly endless corruption trial, remaking his nation’s judiciary under the influence of extremists who wish to shape the government and the state to serve their own ends, don’t look to the U.S. in 2024 and the nightmare second term of Donald J. …