by Bruce Wexler This year, at the age of 72, I started living alone for the first time in my life. For 42 years before that, I […]
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Don’t tell ‘double-hater’ she’s crazy voting for someone else
by Mark Z. Barabak ROSEVILLE, Calif. — By now Victoria Thompson has heard it many times. She’s crazy. She’s throwing her vote away. Worse, those who loathe […]
Kate Middleton has cancer. How awful was all our speculating?
by Carla Hall Finally, there was the explanation everyone was clamoring for but no one was expecting: Kate Middleton, the wife of Prince William, the heir to […]
Social Security again in crosshairs of a GOP budget, even though long-term fix is simple
by Michael Hiltzik A hoary old chestnut in government circles describes all budgets as mostly political documents. But what can you say about a budget that’s nothing […]
American happiness just hit a new low
by Virginia Heffernan Lately I’ve been looking forward to turning 60 and celebrating with a slug of strong black coffee, the way I once aspired to turn […]
Trump got a break in one case, but his luck ran out in another
by Harry Litman The courts give, and the courts take away. And in a whirlwind couple of hours on Monday, they took a fair bit more from […]
U.S. fired first diplomatic shot at Israel
by Andreas Kluth “Abstention” is a deceptively diplomatic word, implying some sort of bureaucratic omission. And yet this week’s decision by the U.S. to abstain from casting […]
Congress is right to call for the strategic divestment of TikTok
by Mark Montgomery The Chinese Communist Party in Beijing is nervous — and it ought to be. The U.S. Congress has targeted a significant tool that the […]
The stories ‘Oppenheimer’ didn’t tell
by Rachel Bronson and Tim Rieser Last summer, the film “Oppenheimer” swept the box office and helped reignite public discourse about nuclear weapons and the ever-present threat […]
Mass purges are the new voter suppression
by Michael Waldman The United States still has one of the world’s most decentralized voter registration systems. We want voter rolls to be up to date and […]