‘Sorry’ is too little and too late, Roger Goodell (opinion)
Truly, it’s sorry. As Roger Goodell, the league’s longtime commissioner, explained in a video released Friday, “we were wrong for not listening to NFL players earlier and encourage all to…
How does a governor get sweeping approval from the opposing party (opinion)
But in both the response to the Covid-19 global pandemic and, most recently, the nationwide protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has shown politicians…
Coral reefs face their own pandemic, but we have a survival guide
This devastation is well known. When I tell people that I work on coral reefs, their instinct is to offer condolences. What is less well known, and arguably more important,…
Donald Trump’s most self-defeating move (opinion)
But there has never been a photo op quite like the one President Donald Trump staged on Monday, when noxious gas, flashbangs and rubber bullets were used to force protesters…
How we can start systemically reforming the police (Opinion)
But to heal and create a system of policing where law enforcement officers accused of misconduct are brought to justice, we must leverage our anger and frustration to drive systemic…
George W. Bush finally steps onto the right side of history (opinion)
But several recent, earlier steps brought us to this place. First May 25: On that day, George Floyd was killed by four police officers in Minneapolis. They have each been…
Trump’s ludicrous photo-op episode was no Churchill moment
Encouraged by one of his co-stars, his daughter Ivanka, he decided to demonstrate he was in command by leaving fortress White House and striding to a nearby Episcopal church —…
Democrats can’t keep ignoring this vital campaign issue (opinion)
Should a Supreme Court seat open up, President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans have five months to jam through another conservative. If the next available seat is vacated by one…
Trump’s snub over Obama portrait is part of a plan (opinion)
Any likelihood of that — however slim to begin with — has seemingly vanished with Trump’s ebbing political fortunes. If this President were presiding over a thriving economy and a…
‘Hamilton’ is opening the room where it happens (opinion)
Its streaming premiere was fast-tracked by a year in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, meaning that a filmed version of the original Broadway musical, which until now was pretty…