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Robin Abcarian: Flamin' Hot Cheetos and iPhones are ruining my kid and yours
With apologies to Allen Ginsberg:
I am seeing the best minds of our middle-school generation destroyed by Flamin' Hot Cheetos and iPhones,
Teenagers on the cusp of young adulthood dragging themselves out of bed each day...Read more
Commentary: Fani Willis' prosecution of Donald Trump may be alive, but it isn't well
Special prosecutor Nathan Wade’s resignation Friday from the Georgia racketeering prosecution of Donald Trump and others was the right decision and, indeed, a virtually forced one. Judge Scott McAfee’s resolution of a ...Read more
Martin Schram: Through America's Looking Glass
It probably hasn’t dawned on you yet. But it will. Because what happened to Alice is happening to us all.
Our news screens have become our Looking-Glasses. And we are being sucked in by our own news screens. Just as ...Read more
John M. Crisp: The difference between a Trump victory and a Biden victory
It’s impossible to predict with confidence who will win the presidency of the United States in November 2024.
President Joe Biden seems likely to win the popular vote. He received 7 million more votes than Donald Trump ...Read more
Editorial: Chuck vs. Bibi: Schumer's gambit against Netanyahu
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer — whom we knew back when he was Brooklyn Assemblyman Chuck Schumer and Congressman Chuck Schumer — wants Israel to hold new elections, and makes no secret that he thinks and hopes ...Read more
Biden and Trump, though old, are both likely to survive to the end of the next president’s term, demographers explain
In a recent poll, 67% of Americans surveyed believe that President Joe Biden, 81, is too old to serve another term as president. But only 41% of respondents said they feel that way about former President Donald Trump, ...Read more
Commentary: Shining a light on school district actions
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has become the latest policymaker shining sunlight on school district actions, and with good reason. Nationwide, school administrators are discovering they might be responsible for eye-...Read more
Commentary: American business needs a strong democracy, not political retribution
The United States continues to have one of the freest and most dynamic economies in the world. U.S. businesses generate jobs, improve living standards and are among the most trusted institutions in American life. They ...Read more
Commentary: Getting guns away from abusers will save lives
“273.D.” The dispatch code for domestic violence sends chills down the spines of law enforcement officers, who know these calls to be among the most dangerous. Early on the morning of Feb. 18, police and first ...Read more
Jay Ambrose: The test Biden can't pass
President Joe Biden recently gave a rough, tough, eyes-ablaze, here-I-come State of the Union speech that some saw as a definitive disposal of his democratically diagnosed mental vacuity. But wait. The speech ...Read more
Final spending package back on track after flurry of DHS talks
Lawmakers are back to writing a full-year fiscal 2024 Homeland Security appropriations bill in a dramatic, last-minute shift following White House intervention over the weekend, sources familiar with the decision said ...Read more
Trump team: 'Bloodbath' taken out of context by Biden and the media
Former President Donald Trump’s declaration that if his second attempt at securing a second term in the White House fails then it will result in a “bloodbath” was taken entirely out of context by the President Joe ...Read more
Donald Trump's threat of 'bloodbath' if Joe Biden beats him puts GOP supporters on defensive
Supporters of Donald Trump went on the defensive Sunday over his latest inflammatory comments, in which he said at a campaign rally there would be a “bloodbath” if he loses the November presidential election.
The ...Read more
How did the US presidential campaign get to be so long?
Four hundred and forty-four days prior to the 2024 presidential election, millions of Americans tuned into the first Republican primary debate. If this seems like a long time to contemplate the candidates, it is.
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Francis Wilkinson: California shows the US is too polarized for top-two primaries
Representative Adam Schiff got what he paid for. As expected, the California Democrat won first place in the state’s top-two primary for the US Senate on Super Tuesday. And just as Schiff wanted, former Major League ...Read more
Editorial: Grade inflation is making learning loss worse
Recent test results confirm a dispiriting reality: America’s students continue to lag far behind their peers around the world, and millions are running out of time to catch up. Yet many families remain unaware of the ...Read more
Trump threatens 100% tariffs on Mexican-made cars by China companies
Donald Trump said he would hit cars made in Mexico by Chinese companies with a 100% tariff, double the levy he has previously said he would put on automobiles made south of the U.S. border.
Trump addressed Chinese ...Read more
Person of interest linked to more than 100 swatting calls targeting Biden administration
Federal authorities have linked a person in Serbia to more than 100 swatting calls, many of which targeted senior Biden administration officials, including Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Cybersecurity, ...Read more
Maduro to run for Venezuela reelection after blocking rival
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro agreed to run for a third consecutive term this July, in an election where he is all but assured victory after disqualifying his main rival.
Maduro was nominated by Venezuela’s ruling...Read more
The Fani Willis fight: How it played out
ATLANTA — District Attorney Fani Willis stepped onto the stage at a ballroom in the Ritz-Carlton with a swagger that made it seem like she had not a care in the world.
It was just days before a Fulton County judge was ...Read more
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