The Supreme Court’s latest term was united by a dark theme
In the three years since conservatives seized a Supreme Court supermajority, they have overruled at least one major precedent a year. This year, from crippling…
Opinion: Did 1974 budget law make a difference? Mostly for lawmakers
Fifty years ago, Congress tried to rein in deficits and fix the budget process — or, perhaps, lawmakers were mostly just trying to wrest back…
Will Trump’s conviction be undone by the Supreme Court?
It was only hours after the Supreme Court issued its staggering term-ending opinion on presidential immunity when Donald Trump invoked it in an attempt to…
Opinion: Step aside, Joe. It’s time
If Joe Biden is the Democratic nominee this fall against Donald Trump, my vote for him would be the easiest I’ve ever cast.And yet, I’ve…
Opinion: Biden put Democrats in a pickle. What’s the right way out of it?
Democrats are in quite a pickle.Actually, they probably wish they had pickled their 81-year-old standard bearer — President Biden — to preserve him until November.…
Opinion: Europe and NATO can’t help the U.S. counter China. Here’s why
At a recent news conference, U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken stood shoulder to shoulder with NATO’s secretary general to deliver a sweeping vision.…
Opinion: The force propping up Trump that we still don’t talk about
The hand-wringing and panic over last week’s presidential debate/debacle continues apace. Democrats have been downright apoplectic at President Biden’s projecting confusion and weakness when the…
Citing Supreme Court immunity ruling, Trump seeks to freeze classified documents case
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is asking a federal judge to freeze the classified documents case against him in light of a Supreme Court ruling that said…
Opinion: End the blows against the beauty of baseball
The following confession may come as a shock to those who know me: I am now a conservative. When it comes to baseball, that is.…
Opinion: Supreme Court’s immunity decision is partisan and political
As Justice Sonia Sotomayor powerfully said in her dissent in Trump vs. United States, the Supreme Court on Monday made “a mockery of the principle,…
Opinion: If you were relieved by the Supreme Court’s abortion rulings this term, think again
Emergency access to abortion has been a flashpoint in the chaotic aftermath of the Supreme Court’s overturning of the right to terminate a pregnancy in…
Opinion: Supreme Court’s purely ideological reasoning will change lives
Two Supreme Court rulings on Friday that dramatically change the law are profound reminders that presidential elections matter enormously for all of us. Like so…
Opinion: Will Joe Biden put duty to country first?
“I hope Joe Biden runs for president.” That was the headline of a column I wrote back in March of 2019. I believed then that…
Opinion: As the right wing targets same-sex marriage, its power gets clearer
It’s been two years since the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Dobbs case that overturned the federal right to an abortion, and the troubling…
Opinion: Biden and Trump will talk big at debate, but could either do much?
A new phase of this election season will begin on Thursday when President Biden and former President Trump face off, and the blame game is…
Opinion: The debate — Senile Biden vs. Obnoxious Trump? Please no
The first debate between President Biden and former President Trump on Thursday night will be a real test of Americans’ sense of civic duty. I…
Opinion: Another nuclear arms race is brewing. Who will stop it?
In early June, the Biden administration announced a more “competitive” nuclear weapons strategy, after Moscow and Beijing reportedly spurned U.S. efforts to discuss arms control.…
Opinion: Can the kowtowing to Trump get any worse?
It was so predictable. Speaker “MAGA Mike” Johnson belatedly did the right thing in April by allowing the House to approve aid to Ukraine over…
Opinion: The Trump vice president guessing game is silly
For all the conjecture and wishcasting about who or what could knock President Biden or Donald Trump out of the 2024 presidential race, their rematch…
Opinion: It’s time to stop complaining about the capital gains hike
Breadcrumb Trail LinksNewsEconomyWe are all against new taxes. But it’s not that simplePublished Jun 15, 2024 • Last updated 38 minutes ago • 3 minute read…