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…
Opinion: Are the campus protesters angry enough with Biden to vote for Trump?
The first time Americans younger than 21 years old could vote in a presidential election was when George McGovern challenged President Nixon in 1972, and…
Opinion: The Supreme Court did the right thing on mifepristone
The same Supreme Court that overruled Roe vs. Wade two years ago on Thursday followed well-established constitutional principles to dismiss a lawsuit that sought to…
Opinion: Justice Alito ditches judicial impartiality, again
Let me stipulate: I disapprove of pseudo-journalistic stings that surreptitiously record people, often public figures, in a gotcha moment. It’s unethical whether the trapper is…
The problem with Donald Trump’s advice on drugs and alcohol
In a Fox News interview last week, Donald Trump advised that the best way to avoid getting addicted to alcohol or drugs is to not…
Opinion: The Supreme Court’s lack of accountability is worse than you think
The well-documented ethical failings of Justices Samuel A. Alito Jr. and Clarence Thomas are all the more troubling because the Supreme Court has become seriously…
Opinion: Thank you, Pat Sajak, for your help in my life’s wheel of fortune
“Wheel of Fortune” fans everywhere are grieving Pat Sajak’s retirement, but I’m excited for him. I know a little something about big life changes. Spinning…
Opinion: Helping Ukraine to strike inside Russia is already paying off
President Biden made the right call last week when he allowed Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied weapons to hit targets inside Russia. Although the actions are…
Opinion: Is it Biden the mastermind or Biden the bungler?
News flash: Republicans haven’t said it in so many words, but they seem to have a new line of attack against President Biden: He suffers…
Opinion: GOP would rather demonize Fauci than help us survive next pandemic
It has become as tiresome as it is predictable: When Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia turns on her microphone during a hearing, it’s…
Could the guilty verdict cost Donald Trump the election?
How much will Donald Trump’s conviction in the New York hush money case matter come November? The obvious answer is that nobody knows. Still, I…
Opinion: Alito and Thomas taint the Supreme Court’s Jan. 6 decisions
America, we have a(nother) constitutional crisis on our hands. Amid all the well-warranted attention to Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., who refuses to recuse himself…
Opinion: The guilty verdict only makes Donald Trump stronger
They finally got him. Not on Russia collusion. Ukraine phone calls. Jan. 6 riots. Classified documents. Or mean tweets. They finally got Donald Trump, after…