What’s behind Trump’s nonsense on windmills and light bulbs
2019 was a devastating year for the environment. The continued massive burning of fossil fuels brought the atmospheric concentration of…
Why I still send Christmas cards (Opinion)
I can already hear some readers guffawing at this time-consuming and antiquated Christmas ritual, wondering why I didn’t send e-cards…
The prodigal son Eddie Murphy returns to SNL and kills (Opinion)
When I worked at “SNL” on the production staff from 1998 to 2007, there was always talk about why Murphy…
2019 was a year of extremes (opinion)
In a year dominated by political upheaval the world over, a time marked by natural disasters like Hurricane Dorian and…
Is America entitled to a Trump impeachment trial?
Michael Zeldin served as deputy independent counsel and later independent counsel in the investigation into allegations that the administration of…
Who won the Democratic debate? (opinion)
It took more than an hour for the candidates to take off their gloves at the final Democratic debate of…
Trump’s letter to Pelosi is a wild tantrum that shows his unfitness (opinion)
In a rambling six-page letter addressed to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Trump weaved together a tapestry of lies, self-pity and…
A Christmas gift for Mitch McConnell (opinion)
If as most people expect, the House votes to impeach President Donald Trump over the withholding of military aid to…
Ivanka Trump’s parental leave summit is just a photo op (Opinion)
The United States needs paid family and medical leave. Badly. We are the only industrialized country in the world that…
Are Trump impeachment articles legally flawed? Two experts debate (opinion)
To gain more insight, CNN Opinion has asked two prominent Washington legal experts to go back and forth in a…
Donald Trump himself is Democrats’ star witness (Opinion)
The witnesses who have testified before the House Intelligence Committee over the past month — Ambassador Bill Taylor, Fiona Hill,…
Houston police chief’s furious shaming of the GOP over NRA and guns (opinion)
On Monday, Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo stood before reporters and cameras and issued a scathing critique of the GOP…
Opinion: Trump desperately using lies, distortions to fight impeachment
Up is down. Black is white. The American people are being told, despite the evidence, that the FBI is crooked,…
Impeachment could make life miserable for GOP Senate majority (opinion)
The only remaining issues moving forward will be how many different articles of impeachment the President will be facing in…
Pensacola resident: What gives me hope (opinion)
It’s terrible news, which comes just two days after Wednesday’s shooting at another navy base in Hawaii. I grew up…
Do Democrats have enough evidence for impeachment? Two legal experts duke it out (opinion)
Michael Zeldin served as deputy independent counsel, and later independent counsel, in the investigation into allegations that the administration of…
GOP throwing sand in the gears of impeachment (opinion)
The Republican report ignores two months of depositions, public testimony and evidence collected by the Intel Committee and spends more…
AOC’s warning to Pete Buttigieg (opinion)
“I believe we should move to make college affordable for everybody,” Buttigieg says in the ad. “There are some voices…
Impeachment shows unelected government employees are heart of democracy (opinion)
The testimony followed the allegations of an unelected government whistleblower that the president and other top government officials had pressured…
The simple way Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter live their lives and values (opinion)
Jimmy Carter was president from 1977 to 1981 and he won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for his humanitarian…
Democrats have a better choice than impeachment (Opinion)
After amassing the testimony and preparing for the articles of impeachment, the House could change course and introduce a resolution…
A Navy commander will have to clean up the SEAL mess (opinion)
There are conflicting reports over the circumstances of Spencer’s departure. Spencer, in a letter submitted to the President, wrote that…
Sorry Rick Perry, Trump is not the ‘chosen one’ (opinion)
Mr. Perry says he told Trump to his face that he was “the chosen one.” This notion has been going…
This is House Democrats’ big chance to bring in John Bolton (Opinion)
The logic of Jackson’s sweeping ruling that White House aides must answer congressional subpoenas to testify applies to former national…
Netanyahu will make his likely exit as painful, prolonged and destructive as possible (Opinion)
However Bibi’s story plays out — and it will take time — you can take this to the bank: Netanyahu…
College president: What the ‘woke student’ and the ‘welfare queen’ have in common (Opinion)
There had long been accounts of people scamming the government in one way or another — contractors overcharging, politicians on…
Faith could bring us together. But too often it divides us (opinion)
Far from being the mediating force in American politics, religion, when put into the mix, makes the political and racial…
Michael Bloomberg is the antidote to Donald Trump (opinion)
While no one can predict how long Trump remains in the Oval Office, it’s safe to say his successor will…
The real reason Victoria’s Secret show is going away (opinion)
In the same way I’m sure some social justice warriors believe awareness and cancel culture led to Thursday’s announcement that…
Asheville’s woes are the story of America (opinion)
Gerrymandering — the dark art of drawing political maps to favor one party and disadvantage the other, which can be…
After impeachment week, Mister Rogers to the rescue (opinion)
If you were spending this week focused on your job, school, health, family or just getting ready for Thanksgiving, instead…
Michael Bloomberg is the last thing we need after Trump (opinion)
I lived in New York City during the Bloomberg administration, and I can tell you first-hand he was a great…
To defend Trump, Republicans spew wacky, wild-eyed conspiracy theories (opinions)
House Republicans barely twitched as one witness after another testified about Trump’s efforts to withhold assistance and diplomatic meetings with…
None of Sondland’s words will sway Republicans (Opinion)
But then, later in questioning, Sondland muddied those waters by flatly stating that “No one told me the aid was…
Legal analyst: Trump’s defenses are almost entirely gone (Opinion)
On the former, Sondland directly communicated with Trump and other key players in the scandal about the importance of Ukraine…
Since Republicans want Hunter Biden to testify, Democrats should call Ivanka Trump (opinion)
That was made clear from the letter Rep. Devin Nunes (R-California) sent to House Intelligence Committee chair Rep. Adam Schiff…
The Supreme Court has an immigration disaster on its hands (opinion)
In September 2017, Trump tried to end DACA, which protects from deportation undocumented immigrants who came to the United States…
The Joker’s warning for Trump and Democrats (opinion)
That line, from the closing minutes of “The Dark Knight”, is one way to anticipate what will happen on Capitol…
The biggest question facing voters in 2020
To some extent, the election isn’t even a referendum on President Donald Trump’s performance as a leader. The key question…
Impeachment proceedings could be a gift to US enemies (Opinion)
This comes after President Donald Trump and his supporters have pilloried House Democrats for not doing more of their investigatory…
The truth about ISIS’s threat (opinion)
After Trump’s orders to withdraw, however, another wave of American troops entered Syria, leaving as many as 900 forces in…
Trump’s self-congratlatory endzone victory dance (opinion)
When Trump announced Baghdadi’s death Sunday morning, he risked diminishing the significance of the victory by engaging in his classic…
President Trump will stop at nothing to win a second term (opinion)
Democratic Reps. Jerry Nadler and Adam Schiff released a press statement expressing their concern about how the department had “lost…
Climate change poses a deadly threat to birds. Here’s what we can do (opinion)
Alarming new research by the National Audubon Society finds two-thirds of North American bird species — 389 different species —…
One year after Pittsburgh, too little has changed (opinion)
While the attack raised a national alarm about the rising danger of white supremacist extremism in the United States, it…
I traveled the American South looking for a way to solve racial divisions (Opinion)
Those are the words that stuck with me most, spoken by a young, black teenager at a program called AMPED…
Mr. President, I’m one of the people you called ‘human scum’ (opinion)
You probably don’t know me, but a number of your aides and close supporters have known me personally for decades…
Donald Trump lashes out (opinion)
He compared himself to George Washington and branded the emoluments clause of the Constitution “phony.” Critics said Trump was wrong…
What ‘Saturday Night Live’ got horribly wrong (opinion)
First, “SNL” slammed Trump supporters — painting them, collectively speaking, as complete buffoons. That depiction furthers the right’s long-standing claim…
John Bolton could be Donald Trump’s Achilles heel (Opinion)
But, as House committees prepare to hear from current and former National Security Council (NSC) officials, reliable firsthand accounts of…
Trump deserves to take a victory lap (opinion)
At Trump’s Sunday news conference, he said the ISIS leader was also personally responsible for the death of American aid…
Expect Trump to fight as if his life depends on it (Opinion)
These are words of desperation. They are also the sound of reality crushing the edifice of fantasy and lies that…
Democrats face an uphill battle against Donald Trump (opinion)
Earlier this month, Elizabeth Warren announced that she would not hold big-dollar fundraisers, even if she becomes the Democratic nominee.…
Trump’s Syria withdrawal is a game of Russian roulette
Trump is not known to admit mistakes and often doubles down under pressure, so it’s unlikely he’ll try to change…
John Bolton is Trump’s newest nightmare (opinion)
Trump is facing the prospect of his presidency collapsing under the weight of sworn testimony from principled public servants like…
What Shepard Smith’s departure means for Trump’s support (opinion)
And this is what President Trump is counting on — continued conservative support amid his political tailspin. Public opinion is…