Opinion · 116th Congress
When celebrity luster gives cover to how America judges its own
OPINION — I am not one of those folks who see celebrities as larger-than-life icons to be worshipped and admired. Usually.
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Opinion · 116th Congress
While Trump tweets, Pelosi prays and Schiff parodies
I can’t think of two better adjectives to describe Schiff’s inappropriate performance.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Welcome to her wheelhouse — Trump’s living in Pelosi’s world now
OPINION — Nancy Pelosi said it not once, not twice, but three times last week. “Mr. President, you have come into my wheelhouse.” In other words, welcome to her world.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Long arc of history guides John Lewis in his call for impeachment inquiry
“I would like you to do us a favor though because our country has been through a lot and Ukraine knows a lot about it,” President Donald Trump said, according to a transcript of the conversation based
Opinion · 116th Congress
Pelosi’s choice: cooperation or confrontation
Pointing out that Democrats currently enjoy a huge lead on the health care issue, Emanuel said the support for what amounts to the end of private health care as we know it was “reckless.”
Opinion · 116th Congress
Guns of war no more?
Lawmakers today are conditioned by party loyalty, without understanding the effective bipartisan congressional legacy that has shaped our current society.
Opinion · 116th Congress
The lessons of Toni Morrison: Words matter, now more than ever
We try to match her example of expression without compromise, though we might never come close to her genius.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Biden vows to be less polite with Harris in Detroit debate. That won’t be enough
she said. “You can tell me some stories and give me some advice.”
Opinion · 116th Congress
The Democratic field is trying to win over black voters. Cory Booker already knows how
“I grew up going to barber shops like this. I joined the city council to fight for the issues that we’ve been talking about in barber shops since I was a kid.”
Opinion · 116th Congress
Why big yellow buses are the big red herring of 2020
As he told me when I interviewed him more than a decade ago, Sanders, a Simpsonville, South Carolina, native, had no particular desire to be a pioneer; all he knew was that he was principal.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Why Kelly Craft is the right person for UN ambassador
And she declared unequivocally that if she becomes the U.N. ambassador, “I am not going there to be Russia’s friend.”
Opinion · 116th Congress
As the Democratic debaters chase their base, Trump has a prime opening
How do they connect with their angry and frustrated base to win them over in the primaries without turning off those middle-of-the-road voters who will likely determine the outcome of the general
Opinion · 116th Congress
Working with the enemy? Biden was just doing his job
[jwp-video n=”1″] “Where would I be today if, when I got elected to Congress back in 1992, I had refused to work with J. Strom Thurmond, an avowed segregationist?” he asked.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Bill de Blasio is wrong about New York City’s schools
The truth is that without political conflict or celebrity bribes, the media generally isn’t interested in most education issues.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Democrats running for president should run for the Senate. The state Senate.
House passed its first gun safety measure in years, knowing it would die in the Senate without a vote, multiple states took up gun safety legislation after mass shootings devastated their local communities
Opinion · 116th Congress
The politics of abortion surge to forefront of 2020 debate
Kirsten Gillibrand is running for president: Here are some congressional basics [jwp-video n=”1″] “I don’t think any of them had Biology 101,” she said.
Opinion · 116th Congress
‘Grimmer by the day’ — Farmers’ love for Trump in peril
When I covered the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump often went to remote farm communities where Democrats, and even other Republican candidates, never bothered.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Gleeful Democrats pulled off the perfect tax scam
Debating the merits of the tax cut plan is one thing; deliberately misrepresenting the substance of their opponents’ proposals, especially without an objective media to keep all sides honest, is quite
Opinion · 116th Congress
The next 100 days: the sky’s the limit
OPINION — One hundred days ago, I stood with my fellow House Democrats and swore the oath of office.
Opinion · 116th Congress
In his White House drama, Trump’s favorite word is ‘acting’
Making scant secret of his own loyalties on the matter, Mnuchin said, “The general public when they elected President Trump made the decision to elect him without his tax returns being released.”