Opinion: Nikki Haley can still beat Trump. Just not by winning the nomination
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley reached a decision point after her loss in January’s New Hampshire Republican primary. She could travel the path of…
Opinion: Republicans trying to impeach Biden don’t notice the egg on their faces
Now we know what a real Russia hoax looks like: very much like House Republicans’ stumbling effort to impeach President Biden. The current GOP misadventure…
Alabama judges say embryos are people. Blame the U.S. Supreme Court
The Alabama Supreme Court’s breathtakingly arrogant, slapdash and pernicious opinion conferring personhood on newly formed embryos vividly illustrates the consequences of another reckless decision: the…
Opinion: Should a firefighter save a frozen embryo in a fire?
The bizarre decision handed down last week by the Alabama Supreme Court, which ruled that frozen human embryos are people too, is the reductio ad…
Alabama Supreme Court rules frozen embryos are ‘children’
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law, a ruling critics said could have sweeping…
Opinion: No, Donald Trump does not equal Alexei Navalny
Alexei Navalny didn’t simply die. He wasn’t just murdered. He was tortured to death. It didn’t happen on the rack or mid-beating, but Vladimir Putin…
Opinion: Is it Washington’s holiday or do we celebrate all 45 presidents?
On calendars, it’s Presidents’ Day, or no apostrophe: Presidents Day. To the federal government, it’s Washington’s Birthday. But California really gets festive. California lists the…
Opinion: Blocking Ukraine aid is no way to put America dirst
For Presidents Day, the House is taking two weeks off. But first the Republicans who misrule the place honored their favorite president by blocking desperately…
Opinion: Fani Willis’s bad judgment has endangered her case and the nation
At this point, it doesn’t really matter whether Fulton County Dist. Atty. Fani Willis benefited financially from her relationship with Nathan Wade, the outside prosecutor…
Opinion: Single mothers are easy scapegoats. But the case for marriage is a myth
I am happier as a single mother than I ever was as a married one. Despite the fact that 47% of Americans think single mothers…
Opinion: Before Los Angeles gets a new police chief, here’s what we need to know
The next chief of the Los Angeles Police Department will need to be a turnaround wizard. But she or he is unlikely to be handed…
Opinion: Biden’s polls aren’t great. How much is the media’s fault?
Long before Fox News co-opted the phrase “fair and balanced” as its slogan, American media was striving to meet that standard. Unlike Faux News, which…
Mum divides opinion by flying business class, leaving baby and boyfriend in economy
A mum booked herself a business class seat while her partner and baby flew in economy - some say she deserves the break, others slammed…
Opinion: Elon Musk rides to the rescue of Gina Carano, fired by Disney for ‘abhorrent’ posts
Social media is awash with stupidity, cruelty and wrongheaded political opinions passed off as deep thoughts and intellectual acuity. Three years ago, the actor Gina…
Opinion: Age matters. Which is why Biden’s age is his superpower
Joe Biden is old. Like each of us, he comes from a particular place in history, in his case the LBJ years. And that’s one…
If Taylor Swift wants revenge against her haters, here’s a good bet
The right wing’s unhealthy obsession with Taylor Swift has hit critical mass in the run-up to this weekend’s Super Bowl match-up between the San Francisco…
How can the public trust spineless Keir Starmer after dozens of cynical U-turns?
Reverse Keir IN a political career marked by cynical U-turns, this is Keir Starmer’s most staggering. His flagship £28billion-a-year eco plan always looked a bloated…
Opinion: Rein in warrantless spying — before the feds start surveilling Gaza protesters
In the United States, a political leader’s disagreement with the views of a protest movement does not give the government license to investigate those protesters.…
Opinion: In a righteous world, Donald Trump would never be on another ballot
On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in a Colorado case about whether former President Trump’s deep involvement in the deadly…
Opinion: A Republican senator got the border deal the GOP wanted. Watch while his party betrays him
How did we get to this place where so many legislators don’t legislate, where lawmakers won’t make law? Why come to Washington if not to…