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This week, President Donald Trump lost twice in his war against a free press. Will it stop him? Almost certainly not.

The first solid loss came on Wednesday, in a suit

Trump has brought twice against the Des Moines Register and its pollster. Their crime? Predicting that he would lose when he went on to win.

Days before the November election...Read more

In 2002, I drew a six-panel political cartoon titled "Israel vs. Palestine: Where Do You Stand?" Each panel shows a different speaker making a statement about the conflict, with a bold label underneath that sarcastically identifies the speaker's supposed position. In the first panel, a man labeled "MODERATE HONEST BROKER" says, "The Arab ...Read more

Last week, America watched as Sen. Mitch McConnell was wheeled onto the Senate floor after being absent for nearly three months following his June 14 hospitalization. Whether or not McConnell is fit to do his job is debatable. What isn't debatable is that he had access to excellent healthcare when he needed it without having to worry about ...Read more

The guy on the trash truck haws a face like an Inca god in a half-ruined temple a long way south of Tiverton, Rhode Island, where I'm writing this and watching him through the window of my home office.

Is he in the country legally?

The only way to find out is for me to go out there and shake the guy down for documents, and he's in great ...Read more

Not all of them. Some influencers simply want to persuade and perhaps help others better their lives or their community. Their subject could be politics, economics, music, health or fashion. But social media has become inundated with influencers who harm their devotees, some on purpose. Or make money off their trusting audience by endorsing so-...Read more

There were at least two notable confrontations at the U.N. this week. One was to be expected: Trump versus Iran:

"I have a big decision to make," President Donald Trump told world leaders. Will a deal be made with Iran that lets them rebuild and create a far greater country than it ever was before -- maybe one of the greatest in the Middle ...Read more

Atone, America.

The high holiday Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, just passed us by at sundown on Sept. 21. Our country, thanks to Donald Trump, has become the scourge of the world. Nowhere was that clearer than in the United Nations General Assembly (Tuesday) where Trump asked world leaders if he should "annihilate" Iran.

Yes, he ...Read more

It's one thing for someone like me to say that the Republican Party has dived into the abyss of political delirium.

But it's another thing when the party itself confirms its collective delirium for two whole days in a made-for-TV political talk-a-thon. Their theme was: "Bring Back Joe McCarthy!"

Let's not forget what a horror McCarthyism was...Read more

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