The Existential Hell of This Year’s Super Bowl
It’s the Patriots — again — and a metaphor for Trump’s America.
View ArticleLarry Nassar Is a Familiar Monster
The doctor’s harrowing abuse of gymnasts fit a pattern among child molesters.
View ArticleThe Fictitious State of Trump’s Fantastical Union
To take this speech seriously is to see a statesman who isn’t there.
View ArticleThe Scariest Catholic in America
Watch out! This compassionate priest could be coming to a parish near you.
View ArticleGulp. I’m Guilty of Treason.
By Donald Trump’s loose and ludicrous definition, a robust lot of us are un-American.
View ArticleCorporations Will Inherit the Earth
If Washington shuts down, companies will step up. Do we really want that?
View ArticleThe Ivanka Trump of North Korea? Oh, Please
Don’t blur the difference between a rogue state and America.
View ArticleAm I Going Blind?
My eyesight is in jeopardy. But I see some things more clearly than ever.
View ArticleDonald Trump, Manly He-Man
We need a new model of masculinity. It won’t come from this president.
View ArticleRomance, Rough Sex or Rape?
The Oscars arrive amid #MeToo enlightenment. The movies have a murkier history.
View ArticleItaly Has Dumped America. For Russia.
In Europe and elsewhere, the U.S. is a baffling and diminished suitor.
View ArticleWhy Pasta Is the Answer to Trump
This is a story about rigatoni. And bucatini. And yes, the president.
View ArticleConor Lamb Roared. Republicans Should Panic.
The Democrat’s showing in Pennsylvania foretells a brutal November for President Trump and his party.
View ArticleDemocrats Are Primed for 2018 and Looking Pretty in 2020
Ignore naysayers. The party’s field of presidential contenders is chockablock with potential.
View ArticleThe Calm Before the Stormy
What’s behind President Trump’s curious silence about a porn star and her story?
View ArticleCynthia Nixon and the Age of Inexperience
In politics, too, training and knowledge matter. Hasn’t Trump taught us that?
View ArticleAnn Coulter to Donald Trump: Beware the Former Trumpers
Hell hath no fury like a conservative firebrand without her border wall.
View ArticlePresident Trump’s Perversion of Leadership
Scapegoats, lies and graft galore. Is this any way to set an example?
View ArticleWatch Out, Ted Cruz. Beto is Coming.
The Senate race in Texas just might be the happiest political fable ever.
View ArticleTrump Seethes, and the Rest of Us Should Tremble
The president’s sense of persecution reaches dangerous heights after a raid on his lawyer’s office.
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