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Topping the chart of the truly brilliant propaganda successes those wishing Israel to disappear have achieved since Oct. 7, 2023 has been their skill in establishing the fashionable line that Israel, the victim of a genocidal invasion by those vowing genocide, is actually guilty of genocide. It doesn't get much more brilliant than that.

But ...Read more

I didn't leave my political party; my party left me. Both of them.

I've been a Democrat, and I've been a Republican. What I am now doesn't matter. The point is that a lot of American voters feel perpetually frustrated by the choices they find on the November ballot. The Democratic or Republican candidate is often chosen in low-turnout ...Read more

Just four days before she died, Dolly Parton said she was being treated for health problems that she "didn't pay attention to when I was watching over Carl." She was talking about the years she spent caring for her husband through a long illness. All the money in the world could not spare her from the enormous burdens that caregivers of sick ...Read more

If there is any single person who bears responsibility for the Iran war and its calamitous consequences -- aside from Donald Trump -- it is his son-in-law and diplomat plenipotentiary, Jared Kushner. Bumbling but conceited, ill-informed but haughty, the New Jersey real estate heir (and his trusty sidekick Steve Witkoff, a Bronx tenement ...Read more

Politics is war. In war, capturing and replacing a rival head of state does not constitute victory. Looking into the future, policies and practices have to change.

But you also have to look back into the past. Statues of the old leader must be demolished. The people he appointed must be fired and replaced with new personnel. His institutions ...Read more

Last week, an Arizona man flying out of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport ended up duct-taped to his seat following a tirade of racial slurs and violent language. When instances like this happen, I often wonder: Why is this person so hardwired for hatred? And why didn't I turn out that way? I'm a middle-aged white woman. I've seen plenty...Read more

When it came to how I was gonna die, I split my bet. I put some money on cancer because it's got good odds. I also got money down on civil war because there's a lot of buzz about civil war. That kind of thing will move the betting line. You get in early; you can die and win big.

But, as has been said, all horseplayers die broke. Turns out I ...Read more

Go ahead, President Donald Trump, keep the Kennedy Center closed. Don't give it money for necessary repairs. This is low-hanging fruit for Americans done with your extortion schemes. They don't have to submit to small-bore intimidation like this. They can just shrug at the demand that your name, with words of gratitude, be placed on the ...Read more

The latest figures from the Pentagon on the war against Iran amount to $38 billion, with future costs running at $3 billion a month. And contrary to some of the president's earlier statements, it's not about to be over.

And who is paying the price? Look to your left. Look to your right. Look in the mirror.

Don't take my word for it. This is ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- First came the murder of the Kennedy Rose Garden. That was just a prelude for the killer in the Oval Office.

His next victim is likely the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the arts heartbeat of the capital and the nation. Symphony, opera, theater and ballet lovers are aghast since President Donald J. Trump shut ...Read more

Greg Abbott, the right-wing hack who is governor of Texas, probably doesn't know what a "petard" is, but he's now been hoisted by a big one. "Hoist on a petard" is a Shakespearean phrase for a bomb maker being blown sky-high by his own creation.

Abbott's bombastic saga began last year, when he noticed that high-tech billionaires were waving ...Read more

The German term "Fuehrerkult" means what it sounds like: the cult of the leader. It refers more precisely to the cult created by, for and about one German leader in particular, and you can probably guess who.

The cult of Adolf Hitler that dominated and devoured the Third Reich until the Nazis were defeated -- and in some quarters even ...Read more

This is a generalization, I know. As Mark Twain is said to have said, "All generalizations are false, including this one." But there is growing evidence that women tend to be more protective of our American democracy than men. They are more willing to put their foot down when partisan schemers try to game the electoral system, mostly by ...Read more

J.A.'s life has been impacted by addiction for over two decades, and he needed support. He didn't have access to clean syringes, so he reused used syringes and contracted countless skin infections and as well as hepatitis C. But he finally got the support he needed: A Washington syringe service program (SSP) run by Gather Church provided him ...Read more

Lindsay Clancy deserves to spend her life in prison. She strangled her three children, one after another. She knew what she was doing and knew it was wrong. She did it anyway. She is a murderer and should be treated as one.

Of course she was mentally ill. So what? Many -- maybe most -- people who commit heinous crimes are not mentally healthy...Read more