Commentary / World Mar 16, 2021
Virus keeps refusing to follow anyone’s partisan script
Among the world’s rich countries, the U.S. has a middling COVID-19 death rate: better than the U.K. or Italy, worse than France or Sweden.
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Commentary / World Mar 4, 2021
What Neera Tanden’s demise says about ‘cancel culture’
What Tanden’s defeat mostly tells us is that you should not insult a group of thin-skinned people if you might need their support in the future.
Commentary / World Sep 30, 2020
‘Clowns' and 'fools’ mark a U.S. debate with only 'lowlights'
The debate changed nothing, except to diminish the country’s dignity just a little bit more.
Commentary / World Aug 12, 2020
What people fear most about ‘cancel culture’
A new survey shows that rising numbers of Americans are clamming up, regardless of age, race or even politics.
Commentary / World Jun 3, 2020
Biden’s old-time liberalism finds its moment
The Democratic candidate’s speech repudiated progressives by condemning riots.
Commentary / World Apr 18, 2020
Overzealous policies erode support for lockdown
My city’s government has closed the entrance to the parking lot of a park near my home in an effort to prevent people from congregating. The main result, as far as I can judge, is that a lot of people are irritating the neighborhood ...
Commentary / World Feb 18, 2020
Is it already too late to stop Bernie Sanders?
Like Trump before him, the Vermont senator is benefitting from a divided opposition.
Commentary / World Feb 7, 2020
Forget the Iowa fiasco — Trump is the Democrats' real problem
The U.S. president's triple threat: high approval rating, stable economy and a united party.
Commentary / World Nov 18, 2019
Three false claims muddying the impeachment debate
Each side is not only trying to spin the facts, but trying to spin itself as well.
Commentary / World Jul 10, 2018
Kavanaugh resembles Roberts, but he's no clone
The U.S. Supreme Court chief justice has encountered some buyers' remorse, but that won't stop the confirmation of Trump's latest Supreme Court pick.