Why Trump keeps calling women ‘nasty’ (opinion)
In June, the President called Nancy Pelosi a “nasty, vindictive, horrible person” after a Fox News interviewer brought up a Politico report about Pelosi telling Democrats pushing for impeachment that…
Trump, the divider, unites Denmark against sale of Greenland (opinion)
By suggesting that a constituent part of the country he is visiting in a couple of weeks, including, presumably, its 56,000 citizens, were a good to be bargained over, Trump…
Greenland has long been a bargaining chip between the US and Denmark (opinion)
If reports are to be believed, the President has asked his White House counsel to research the idea of the US purchasing Greenland — an autonomous country and the world’s…
Pakistani actress: The problem with Priyanka Chopra (Opinion)
At the event in LA, the woman chided Chopra for her unquestioning support of the Indian army at a time when India has revoked Jammu and Kashmir states’ autonomy. The…
Designer babies are on the way. We’re not ready (Opinion)
In November, Dr. He Jiankui announced that twin girls had been born in China from embryos whose genes he had altered using CRISPR gene-editing technology. According to the magazine Science,…
Don’t try to winnow the Democratic field too quickly (Opinion)
And yet the opposite problem — that a bloated field could drive talented candidates out of the race too soon — seems worse. Jon Hickenlooper, the former Colorado governor, just…
Trump has used Israel for political points — and there may be consequences (opinion)
Trump has been the beneficiary of some previously unthinkable campaign support and he recently showed just how far he is willing to go to accept foreign help when it comes…
In Trump’s world, it’s easier to regulate the bodies of disabled people than to limit deadly weapons (opinion)
Standing before his helicopter, Trump told the press, “We’re looking at the whole gun situation. These people are mentally ill, and nobody talks about that. I think we have to…
‘Blinded by the Light’ explains the America we are losing (opinion)
I watched it unfold and began to sob. Not at the racism, as awful as it was, but seeing myself in a teen who turned a blind eye to all…
Three wild ideas for America (opinion)
These are just a few of the ideas that were floating around last week in Trumpworld, a place that felt wilder than usual — as turbulent as the stock market,…