Sometimes a police officer's actions are so grotesque, cruel, or mind-boggling that the benefit of the doubt no longer can be extended. Read More
How America mystifies the wages of its racism. Read More
Social media users are obsessed with riot porn: a crude performance art that titillates thrill-seekers from a safe and privileged distance Read More
You’d think Donald Trump would have more sympathy for looters, being a looter himself. The president has helped himself to money from... Read More
For years, Twitter resisted calls to censor President Trump or even take down his entire account. Read More
Neither confronting a threat that doesn't respect borders nor safeguarding an economy that is deeply integrated with the rest of the world... Read More
Beijing has reacted to economic crisis by cracking down domestically, which could have unintended consequences. Read More
(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Relatively early in the Covid-19 pandemic, in March, I made the case against closing schools and later warned... Read More
What good is increasing G.D.P. if it kills you? Read More
Anyone who has dipped into Andrew Cuomo's daily coronavirus press briefings knows that the New York governor relishes his variegated... Read More
Sen. Chuck Grassley, a longtime champion of whistleblowers and congressional oversight, has joined Democrats in criticizing President... Read More
A moment’s frustration won’t push the president to destroy his favorite toy. Read More
If Twitter wants to editorialize and 'factcheck' President Trump's tweets with disclaimers, then it should be treated like any other... Read More
On Trump, his Twitter lies, and why it's getting worse. Read More
I’ve been in the news business for over 20 years now, and among the many things I’ve learned about how the media complex operates... Read More
Bakari Sellers, reacting to the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, writes that it is disappointing to see the vitriol... Read More
It's emotionally draining to write this often about unarmed black men losing their life at the hands of evil individuals Read More
“Please. Please. I can’t breathe.” Those are the haunting words of George Floyd, an African American man who begged for his... Read More
The violence has been going on for over two days in Minneapolis. Black Lives Matter agitators in Los Angeles have started causing trouble, too Read More
Looking at a broad cohort of nations, and especially at the U.S., it appears, at the moment, as though the answer may be yes. Read More
The latest Centers for Disease Control data show that the COVID-19 fatality rate is 0.26% -- four times higher than... Read More
Last week, the Florida National Guard offered free COVID-19 testing in Collier County, but they weren’t overwhelmed with panic-stricken... Read More
The 2020 campaign is here. Those who are covering it had better figure out what they are for, or they will end up as his enablers— as... Read More
What is happening to Fox News Channel? With the exception of its primetime lineup and a few regular contributors, Fox News increasingly is... Read More
Frida Ghitis writes of the stark contrasts on a day where, as Joe Biden came across as strong and polite in his first in-person interview... Read More
I’m sorry, but Joe Biden looked ridiculous wearing a Michael Jackson mask and sunglasses that covered most of his face on... Read More
To those who are suffering from intellectual dishonesty as they blast Biden and defend Trump, please spare America the fake disdain and... Read More
True, we have not even elected him president yet, but isn't it already time to start dismantling Joe Biden's presidential library? Read More
For years, the U.S. thrived by ignoring the hard reality about China. But recent actions by China are now opening some eyes. Read More
Gov. J.B. Pritzker needs to revise his schedule to let all Illinois restaurants begin opening their dining rooms as soon as possible, not... Read More
Michigan has experienced one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in the country. And Gov. Gretchen Whitmer would like to convince everyone... Read More
The need for candid but calming voices goes beyond government. Read More
Sen. Chuck Grassley, a longtime champion of whistleblowers and congressional oversight, has joined Democrats in criticizing President Trump’s firing of several inspectors general, that cadre of internal agency watchdogs tasked with being the first line of defense against government waste and corruption. Yet, the Iowa Republican who chairs the Senate Finance Committee has held his fire over Trump Read More
It is no secret that Donald Trump remade Republicans in his own likeness, casting aside old orthodoxies and introducing new doctrines to transform the Grand Old Party into a more protectionist, more populist entity. What Jared Kushner wants to do, however, was secret. That is, until last week.The son-in-law of the president and chief White House adviser has been working for months on a plan to ove Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Michael Flynn are asking a federal appeals court to order the dismissal of the criminal case against the former Trump administration national security adviser. They also want the case reassigned to a different judge, saying the one now handling it overstepped his authority when he did not immediately grant the Justice Department’s request to dismiss the case. Instead, U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan appointed a retired judge to argue against the department’s position and to Read More
