The Trump administration is trying to rewrite America’s founding principles (opinion)
He wrote, “Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring…
The best way to drive Trump nuts (Opinion)
Obama has his name on lots of stuff already: schools in 14 states; a mountain in Antigua; a colorful, spiky…
Whitney Cummings did a brave thing (opinion)
Cummings said she posted the picture herself in order to get ahead of people attempting to extort her using a…
GOP can’t shake off the awful taint of Steve King’s racism and misogyny (Opinion)
A straight line links this fascist rhetoric and the racist pronouncements regularly made by Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, who is…
Donald Trump’s re-election nightmare – CNN
With the stock market in a state of uncertainty and the possibility of a global recession becoming very real, Republicans…
Trump is impeaching himself (Opinion)
It turns out Speaker Nancy Pelosi might have been onto something when she talked about Trump being “almost self-impeaching” several…
Sue Gordon’s departure is bad news for Trump and country (opinion)
Much to his dismay, Trump isn’t an oracle, and his disregard for intelligence in favor of his personal convictions has…
The puzzle around Epstein’s suicide (opinion)
It was only three weeks ago that Epstein, who pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking charges, was found in his…
Bulletproof backpacks will not save my son during a school shooting (opinion)
Here’s what I won’t be buying either of them: bulletproof backpacks. Sales have soared in the wake of mass shootings…
SoulCycle owner can’t have it both ways on Trump (opinion)
And for many Americans, myself included, it’s satisfying to finally hear out loud what we’ve felt all along. But will…
Trump’s influence is spreading like a virus (opinion)
At home, Trumpism and white nationalism cast immigrants and people of color as enemies. Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign is already…
#GreenShirtGuy: How I went viral (Opinion)
On Tuesday night, I attended a City Council meeting in Tucson, Arizona, and the next morning, I woke up as…
Jeffrey Epstein’s indictment is just the tip of the iceberg (Opinion)
How will we learn who else was involved in Epstein’s alleged sex trafficking ring? First, as the Epstein case proceeds,…
Trump’s cruelty never stops (opinion)
On Wednesday, just hours before President Donald Trump arrived in Texas following the massacre in El Paso, more than 600…
NRA member: Enough is enough. Something must change (Opinion)
Fast forward 21 years: Americans experienced a weekend full of violence in which a gunman killed 22 people in El…
The forgotten histories of El Paso and Dayton tell a vital story (opinion)
Oddly, they both figure in a book I’m writing about Huntsville, Alabama, and its history as a hub of the…
Mitch McConnell deserves blame (opinion)
But that’s not happening, thanks in large part to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. McConnell may have been elected to…
I’ve lived the difference between US and UK health care. Here’s what I learned (opinion)
Compare that to another freak accident I had while living in Boston in my 20s. I spilled a large cup…
Tucker Carlson makes a mockery of victims’ pain (Opinion)
Sadly, Director Wray’s words proved prescient. As the nation mourns another mass murder in El Paso, Texas, by a shooter…
The Second Amendment solution to gun violence (Opinion)
But nothing could possibly be as absurd — and horrific — as the fact that this past weekend, in the…
I do not want to get shot (Opinion)
This is where I am, where we are, in America. This did not begin this week. This nation was born…
Bloodshed in El Paso shows our politicians’ outrageous failure (Opinion)
Less than two years have passed since 26 people were gunned down as they worshiped at a Sutherland Springs, Texas…
End of the Obama era (opinion)
That was the moment Sen. Cory Booker looked over at Joe Biden, one of his rivals for the Democratic presidential…
What Bill Maher gets completely wrong (opinion)
While Maher admitted he wasn’t particularly enthusiastic about Joe Biden, he reminded viewers that the former Vice President is the…
Great leaders provide comfort in these moments. Can Trump? (opinion)
Trump seemingly doesn’t understand that at times like this, believers seek not God’s favor but His comfort and mercy. Great…
The huge threat to America that Trump ignores (Opinion)
Saturday’s attack in El Paso, Texas, which is being treated as a case of domestic terrorism by federal authorities, according…
Debate coach: Andrew Yang and Michael Bennet were the surprise winners (opinion)
Yang is comfortable on stage and it shows. I’m a sucker for a good opening and closing and Yang’s were…
Huge stakes in Democrats’ debate (Opinion)
While the dynamics of any debate are impossible to predict, each candidate has a specific set of objectives to best…
Robert Mueller will frustrate the hell out of Congress (Opinion)
We are about to witness something extraordinary. In this period of unprecedented national political polarization, former special counsel Robert Mueller…
Mueller, drop the Yoda act (Opinion)
I understand what Mueller has tried to do. He has been careful. He understands the stakes of his investigation, and…
The Ayatollah and Trump: The odd couple (Opinion)
As tensions with Iran ratchet up, the need to identify lines of direct communication is increasing. While officials in Iran…
What to expect from Mueller’s testimony (Opinion)
We can expect the testimony that Attorney General William Barr should have given. In short, Mueller will act and testify…
Why the ‘Cats’ trailer creeped us out (Opinion)
It’s a case of the arts ignoring science: There’s a very real psychological phenomenon behind the horrified reactions, which director…
The God of Love had a really bad week (Opinion)
As the crowd continued to chant, I watched them: They were almost exclusively white, wearing T-shirts and polos, with blonde…
President Trump is a dangerous media mastermind (Opinion)
Critics rightly condemned the President for encouraging this racist message among his loyal base. No longer shy about calling out…
‘I have had sex, and Jesus still loves me’ wins ‘Bachelorette’ argument (Opinion)
Luke P.’s final speech, followed by his refusal to leave when Brown asked him to, prompted an outcry of disgust…
Women in Puerto Rico know all too well why Rossello must resign (Opinion)
Despite the outcry from women, little to nothing was done at the highest levels of government. And now, Governor Ricardo…
The Squad is a gift to Trump (Opinion)
It strikes me as fundamentally weak and lacking in confidence if you think the best way to debate someone is…
For Biden, the debate draw is a potential disaster, and an opportunity (Opinion)
The first is that this is a potential disaster. Flanked on the July 31 stage by two of his most…
An open letter to officials who won’t meet with a woman alone (opinion)
At a time when young people in your state of Mississippi are dealing with both the lowest earnings and the…
What a doctor wishes patients knew about the end (Opinion)
But here in that narrow trench, both providers and patients do have power to shape their experience together, especially if…
Why Jon Stewart fights for the 9/11 heroes (Opinion)
This does not surprise me, as Stewart, a 9/11 Memorial & Museum board member, exhibited the same emotions when he…
As an immigrant, I know what Trump is truly afraid of (opinion)
As immigrants, we often come to America because we love it more than the place we are leaving. Sometimes, it’s…
The Squad won’t cave in to Trump (opinion)
The famously foul-mouthed President on Sunday launched yet another Twitter tirade, saying that the four congresswomen, known as The Squad…
Why Trump’s racist dog whistle won’t work this time (Opinion)
On Sunday morning, Trump tweeted what you might call the unofficial launch of his 2020 dog-whistle re-election campaign. It was…
Medicare for All is a political loser (Opinion)
Three candidates are for full-blown Medicare for All, which means eliminating all employer-provided private insurance. Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth…
Trump’s ‘social media summit’ isn’t fearsome, it’s pitiful (opinion)
At least, at the White House, where President Donald Trump is set to host a so-called “social media summit” —…
President Trump and the accused criminals and miscreants he doesn’t seem to mind (opinion)
Let’s recall, first, what Trump told New York magazine in 2002. “I’ve known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy. He’s…
Never mind the leaked cables, the ‘special relationship’ between the UK and US is crumbling (Opinion)
Sir Kim Darroch, the UK ambassador to the US, has brilliantly — if inadvertently — demonstrated the truth of this…
Trump’s labor secretary, Alex Acosta, should resign (Opinion)
On February 21, a federal judge ruled that Miami prosecutors, led by then-US Attorney Acosta, broke the law when they…
FDR had a military event, too (Opinion)
More than a year later, here we are: it’s the Fourth of July and the President is indeed planning to…
US women’s soccer team to world: We got this (opinion)
In the leadup to the 2-1 win, the sideline drama stopped just short of the British accusing the US of…
Opinion: At the G20, those who yelled the loudest were heard
The G20 is supposed to be the time and place for multilateral consensus. Instead, it’s become more of a display…
Trump just made Kim’s job a lot easier (Opinion)
But whether those were 20 steps toward long-lasting peace initiatives, or 20 steps toward empowering and legitimizing the hermit kingdom,…
The real reason Megan Rapinoe sets Donald Trump off (opinion)
In the Women’s World Cup, longtime co-captain Rapinoe scored both goals in the US Women’s National Team’s nail-biter 2-1 victory…
There is only 1 question at tonight’s debate: Who can beat Trump? (opinion)
This is, of course, the first time we will see all the Democratic presidential candidates share the stage. Well, not…
Five keys to Trump re-election bid (opinion)
Although it is usually difficult to see any logic behind the daily chaos from this White House, the President’s campaign…
The rising risk of war in the Middle East
At the same time, Iran is promising to restart elements of its nuclear program. Add to this the deployment last…