Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Where Science Goes, So Goes Our Nation
A bite at the apple It helps that such a longer vision has served us exceptionally well in the past.
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Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Echoes of Vietnam in Trump’s Afghan About-Face
On one hand, the president wants India “to help us more with Afghanistan.” On the other hand, Trump wants to bludgeon Pakistan into “partnering with our effort in Afghanistan.”
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Question for Congress, What Did You Do During the Trump Reign of Error?
The hope is that the next president will have listened to and thought about John McCain’s speech last week during his brief return to the Senate before he begins treatment for brain cancer.
Opinion · 114th Congress
Today’s Lesson for America’s Children: Good Behavior Is for Losers
For many Americans, the worst moment of election night wasn’t the 3 a.m. victory speech by Donald Trump.
Opinion · 114th Congress
Hillary on the Cusp: After Fire and Rain, Dreaming of Sunny Days
I want to be president of all Americans … because we have to heal this country.”
Opinion · 114th Congress
An Acceptance Speech for the Polls Rather Than the Ages
“For us, there is only the trying.” Of course, a poem is not didactic like an essay.
Opinion · 114th Congress
The Night the Democrats Found Their Voice
God help us.” And then there was the critique that probably most rankled Trump, with his claims to dubious billions: “Truth be told, the richest thing about Donald Trump is his hypocrisy.”
Opinion · 114th Congress
Bernie’s Dream: The Revolution Shall Never Die
afternoon marching peacefully along the sweat-soaked streets around Philadelphia’s City Hall with their hand-lettered signs conveying their uncompromising mood: “Bernie or Bust” and “Going Green — Come With Us
Opinion · 114th Congress
Trump’s Rendezvous with Destiny and Fear-Mongering
I also liked his choice for vice president and his Christian values.” But Hogue also sounded a cautionary note: “Sometimes his antics are too much. He’s quite out there.”
Opinion · 114th Congress
Trump’s GOP: Embracing Ill-Informed Bluster
Cotton’s speech to the South Carolina delegates cleverly skirted the Trump problem by never mentioning the GOP nominee.
Opinion · 114th Congress
Trump’s Most Absurd Promise: He’ll Bring Us Together
As president, though, Bush transcended the campaign that elected him.
Opinion · 114th Congress
Trump and the Re-Emergence of Unreasoning Fear
In an appearance on Fox News, Trump sneered that the president “doesn’t get it or he gets it better than anybody understands.”
Opinion · 114th Congress
The Daisy Ad — A Half-Century Later
Then a few lines from an LBJ arms-control speech: “These are the stakes … We must either love each other or we must die.”
Opinion · 114th Congress
Candidates Miss Opportunity to Address At-Risk Children
Presidential candidates are quick to complain that an extended campaign means giving the same rote answers to the same rote questions, the same stump speech to the same political reporters.
Opinion · 114th Congress
Republicans Poised to Cut a Deal With the Devil
It’s the idea that the world is playing us as Uncle Sucker — that sophisticated Europeans are sniggering at us even as we protect them now and saved them in two world wars.
Opinion · 114th Congress
How Liz Cheney Could Pick the Next President
NEW YORK — It’s only April and already the 2016 campaign has treated us to a tour of the outer reaches of democracy from arcane convention delegate selection rules to Donald Trump’s notion of rewriting