Who’s right on schools, Fauci or Trump? (opinion)
Trump told reporters at the White House on Wednesday, “I was surprised by his answer actually, because, you know, it’s just to me — it’s not an acceptable answer, especially…
Gulp, I think I’m ready to send my kids back to school (opinion)
I am in the “yes” camp … but I would be lying if I said I wasn’t having doubts. I am as anxious as anyone to get my kids back…
What I’ve learned grappling with my cancer diagnosis under lockdown (opinion)
I’d rather hear messages of hope than ticker tapes about death tolls and unnerving and misinformed quotes from people who are in a position to know better and definitely in…
‘Mrs. America”s version of the past makes me afraid for the future (opinion)
It turns out there are actual connections between Schlafly and Trump. As Doreen St. Félix pointed out in her review for The New Yorker, Trump spoke at Schlafly’s funeral in…
Trump’s dangerous assault on government watchdogs (opinion)
Linick is the fourth IG or acting IG to be removed in six weeks, and his ouster goes to show that for Trump, getting rid of inspectors general without just…
Obama reminds us what a US president should sound like (opinion)
In these two speeches — one to those graduating from high schools and the other to those graduating from historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) — he urged people to…
The pre-shutdown Donald Trump is back
In mid-March, with the virus spreading fast, Trump reversed course and backed an extraordinary shutdown of ordinary life to protect health. But last week, as Covid-19 deaths exceeded 80,000 in…
A surprising way you may risk getting Covid-19 (opinion)
Public health officials in Skagit County, Washington, which lies between Seattle and the Canadian border, meticulously reconstructed the outbreak. The area had already seen a nursing home outbreak in nearby…
What Trump is trying to achieve with ‘Obamagate’ (opinion)
But when a Washington Post reporter pressed Trump earlier this week to explain what Obama did, the President failed to clarify and said, “You know what the crime is. The…
Jerry Stiller made us love him by screaming at us
The 92-year-old Stiller’s show-business career spanned more than half a century — from the 1960s as part of a comedy team with his wife Anne Meara to acting in the…