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…
Opinion: ‘Zuckerbucks’ make elections more secure, no matter what red states say
Democracy isn’t free. Tell that to the more than half the states that have banned or limited donations to the roughly 8,000 county and municipal…
Opinion: What’s convincing voters that the economy is worse than ever?
One of the worst things about democracy is the way we talk about it. For instance, politicians love to talk about unity, but our constitutional…
Opinion: The ideal beach read? It’s not what you’d expect
I’ve been a reader for nearly all of my life, yet I always feel perplexed at the beginning of summer, when the term “beach reads”…
Opinion: Trump’s assassination lie, and Biden’s missed moment
On Tuesday evening I was stopped mid-task, stunned, when I saw the subject line on a new fundraising email from Donald Trump: “They were authorized…
Opinion: Voters, take note: Our judicial system is on the 2024 ballot
Democrats will be lucky to keep control of the U.S. Senate after November’s elections. Yet Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. lately has shown…