by William Natbony Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is the lead sponsor of a proposed constitutional amendment that would impose term limits on members of Congress. Senators would be limited to […]
Author: Syndicated Columnist
Vaccine hesitancy runs deep among the religious. How do we reach them?
by J.M. Opal “Don’t come knocking on my door with your Fauci ouchi!” Rep. Lauren Boebert yelled at last month’s Conservative Political Action Conference. “You leave us the hell alone!” […]
Will Biden invite Afghanistan to his democracy summit?
by Eli Lake The White House will soon be sending invitations to world leaders for its “Summit of Democracy,” currently scheduled for Dec. 9 and 10. It promises to be […]
Like children, GOP again toys with U.S. debt ceiling
by Michael Hiltzik You might have thought that, what with the pandemic, global warming-driven catastrophes spreading coast-to-coast, and other urgent matters on their plates, congressional Republicans would set aside the […]
Cuomo goes up the hill …
Then comes tumbling down by Jay Ambrose A talk show producer was calling him sexy, his instructive, caring, humorous press conferences on COVID-19 had won him an Emmy, a publisher […]
Carlson paving path to fascism
by David Zurawik I suppose it is naive to be shocked by anything from Fox News and its prime-time star Tucker Carlson. But even though I have been arguing for […]
The world abandoned Afghan women
Do senior officials from the U.S., China and Russia really plan to keep talking to the Taliban as if its fighters are not murdering civilians — including female activists — […]
Collateral damage from Cuomo’s fall
by LZ Granderson Andrew Cuomo, the departing governor of New York, announced his resignation Tuesday after months of defiance in the wake of sexual harassment allegations. A defiance, mind you, […]
Remind me why we need the filibuster?
I’ve been writing about Congress since the late 1980s, watching as filibusters in the Senate evolved from rare and usually doomed efforts by fringe factions into what they are today: […]
Tackling climate change can’t be put off
by Doyle McManus GORDON BAY, Ontario — Two weeks ago, one of America’s best-known climate scientists set off onto Ontario’s Lake Joseph for an evening of stargazing, as she had […]
