Column: We have a ‘domestic terrorism’ double-standard problem
To paraphrase the great sage Samuel Johnson, nothing concentrates the mind of a member of Congress like the prospect of being hanged in a mass assault on the U.S. Capitol....
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Column: Sorry, don’t expect the Fairness Doctrine to come back and prevent more Rush Limbaughs
Speak not ill of the dead, I was taught in Sunday school. I respect that. But if I couldn't eulogize Rush Limbaugh, who died Wednesday, without such pinpoint descriptions as...
Column: Let’s cancel the phony ‘cancel culture’ fight in today’s politics
Incessant Republican complaints about "cancel culture" might have more credibility if the Republicans didn't engage in so much canceling of their own. The Grand Old Party's alarm over "cancel culture,"...
Column: A surge of violent crime against Asian Americans sparks fear of renewed racism
I don't want to spoil the party, but amid the hopeful signs that we might — just might — be turning the corner on the coronavirus pandemic, let us not...
Column: Let’s not make race and culture too hot for our teachers to handle
Talking about race, I have long observed, is like talking about sex: We know it's important, we like to think we know all about it, yet we're reluctant to talk...
Column: The Republican Party has seen QAnon before — under other names
Do QAnon believers really believe what the rest of us think they do? That's an important question for those of us who aim to steer friends, family or, for that...
Column: A 9-year-old girl in Rochester, ill-trained police and the need in all cities for more community help
Rochester, again? The video-recorded pepper-spraying of a screaming, handcuffed 9-year-old Black girl by police last week has gone viral, and it's painful to watch. It is even more painful when...
Column: No, the GameStop frenzy is not a ‘populist’ uprising, but it rhymes
Reports of a "populist" revolution in the dauntingly complex story of the GameStop trading frenzy are greatly exaggerated. But, as Mark Twain might have said (but probably didn't) about history...
Column: Trump the kingmaker — but at what cost to the GOP?
If you can't be a king, goes an old nugget of political wisdom, be a kingmaker. Former President Donald Trump is taking that advice to heart, shifting his post-presidency to...
Column: Trump’s 1776 Report was not the only response to the 1619 Project; pragmatism is the focus of my 1776 Unites essay
I have an extra reason to be pleased that President Joe Biden has revoked the Trump administration's 1776 Report, released on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and aimed to promote...