Will the next president open the X-Files?
If "the truth is out there," as they say on "The X-Files" TV show, Hillary Clinton says she's eager to expose it. No, she's not talking about her controversial email...
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Donald Trump’s conservatism tailored to the working class
Donald Trump seems to relish stirring the troubled waters of race, gender and ethnicity. But the other surprise of the presumed Republican presidential nominee's rise has been his unexpected emergence...
West Point photo sparks battle over Black Lives Matter
West Point officials have decided against punitive action for 16 black female cadets who sparked nationwide controversy by posing for a group photo with their fists raised. Good. They'll get...
The ethnic card: Donald Trump’s mouth, Pat Buchanan’s ideas
Three-times-failed presidential candidate Pat Buchanan has a right to feel vindicated by Donald Trump's success. "We were a little bit ahead of our time," the syndicated columnist and colleague of...
Women journalists are under fire and pushing back
Five years have passed since CBS "60 Minutes" correspondent Lara Logan was sexually assaulted by a mob of crazed men — and rescued by a small group of brave Egyptian...
Video proves women need pest control to stop trolls
"On the Internet," according to a famous New Yorker cartoon caption, "no one knows you're a dog." No, but some Internet users amazingly turn into skunks. That's a mild description...
Donald Trump 2.0? Don’t hold your breath
Oh, so now Donald Trump cares about whom he offends? The New York billionaire's Republican presidential candidacy is in for a makeover. In fact, his new campaign adviser Paul Manafort...
Make U.S. dollars as diverse as our history
If I didn't know better, I would have expected today's conservatives to love Harriet Tubman. After all, she was a pistol-packing black Republican who repeatedly risked her life to lead...
The 2 race cards that still haunt us
History repeats itself these days, first as tragedy then as a made-for-TV movie. It may be only coincidental, but this is a good time to revisit two racially charged dramas:...
Cleaning up a police culture of cover-up
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's reaction to a new report by a police accountability task force that he appointed displayed a keen grasp of the obvious. "The question isn't, 'Do we...