Commentary / World Sep 28, 2018
The Kavanaugh sex scandals teach us that extremism is OK
The Democrats' decision to ignore Kavanaugh's extreme positions on critical U.S. policies such as torture suggests they tacitly endorse them.
Commentary / World Sep 22, 2018
Trump is just a symptom of America's illness
Trump isn't a root cause of American crisis. He is a symptom of pre-existing conditions.
Commentary / World Sep 12, 2018
All the anonymous b.s. that's fit to print
Trump shouldn't be president. Why is the Times breaking its ethics guidelines to tell us what everyone already knows?
Commentary / World Jul 28, 2018
Outlook for Democrats in 2020 looks bleak
First: No. It's not too early to discuss the 2020 election. The Iowa caucuses are only a year and a half away. Any presidential hopeful who hasn't begun chatting up donors by now will find it nearly impossible to mount a viable campaign. At this ...
Commentary / World Jul 14, 2018
The 'thin gray line': Media stifles libel stories
All too often major media outlets shield one another from public scrutiny and accountability.
Commentary / World Jul 3, 2018
Trump's border policy making private prisons great again
Business is booming for America's vast, secretive, politically connected $5 billion private-prison industry.
Commentary / World May 22, 2018
#MeToo: A cultural workaround to a legal failure
For the most part, #MeToo targets who stand accused in the court of public opinion for criminal acts will never face them in a court of law.
Commentary / World May 15, 2018
America is one of the few cultures with insults for smart people
Americans enjoy the dubious distinction of having a high degree of linguistic diversity it comes to mocking the smart and the educated.
Commentary / World Apr 24, 2018
Drones aren't progress; they're a recipe for chaos
Drones are dangerous and should be banned.
Commentary / World Apr 10, 2018
U.S. media never ever gives peace a chance
American political culture has devolved from the Vietnam era, when pacifists were marginalized, to a knee-jerk bellicosity in which they don't exist as part of the debate.