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Tucker Carlson dances on Ronald Reagan’s grave

Fox News host Tucker Carlson has inspired a new following from the extreme right, including some members of Congress, by asking: Why take Ukraine’s side instead of Russia’s? The arguments are vast for defending the sovereignty of democratic Ukraine, and most American adults should need no ...

The crisis of democracy is a media crisis

by Lorraine Ali This time last year, there was a cruel joke in circulation: The most spiteful year in recent memory would reset itself at midnight Dec. 31, and we’d be forced to relive 2020 from the beginning. Funny, right? Not really. But we could tell the joke then because we ...

Democrats have a messaging problem

by Jackie Calmes Democrats have a messaging problem, as you’ve no doubt heard since their recent election losses. The problem hardly started with President Joe Biden. Weak messaging has defined Democrats for most of the years I’ve covered them. Theirs is a diverse, fractious ...

Do lawmakers understand what they are banning?

Lawmakers should have to prove they understand the subject about which they are trying to pass legislation before that legislation can be enacted. If that were the case, virtually all legislation relating to Critical Race Theory would fail. It took a little while, but Fox News TV’s ...

Fox News is getting people killed

by Gene Collier Among this week’s harvest of factoids I unearthed looking for other factoids is that next month — Oct. 7, to be precise — marks the 25th anniversary of the birth of Fox News. As for gifts, what should we get for the network to mark such a significant ...

Sept. 12 letters to the editor

‘Your rights stop where mine begin’ As an older and somewhat immune-compromised person, I could not wait to be fully vaccinated so that I could function as normally as possible. Masking is not always comfortable, but it sure beats getting sick or infecting someone else. This all ...