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Players are seen on a TV screen during a competition at the 2019 Fortnite World Cup in New York on July 28, 2019.

Commentary: Violent video games don’t cause shootings, but they do have social costs

August 7, 2019 at 3:00 p.m.

As I type, my 17-year-old son is online with his friends playing a game called "Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege." It's your standard shoot-'em-up game with tough military types in...

President Donald Trump speaks at rally in Panama City Beach, Fla. on May 8, 2019. He was asked about would-be immigrants at the southern border. "How do you stop these people?" he asked. The shouted answer was: "Shoot them."

Commentary: Trump doesn’t just pollute the social environment. He is the environment.

August 5, 2019 at 3:41 p.m.

"It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are wonderfully attuned to sneers and...

Democratic presidential hopefuls Sen. Michael Bennet, from left, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro, Sen. Cory Booker, former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Kamala Harris, entrepreneur Andrew Yang, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio are reflected in the stage ahead of the second round of the second Democratic primary debate at the Fox Theatre in Detroit on July 31, 2019.

Commentary: For Democratic presidential field, time to winnow

August 3, 2019 at 3:00 p.m.

Winnow: verb. To expose (grain or other substances) to the wind or to a current of air so that the lighter particles (as chaff or other refuse matter) are separated...

Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., during the presidential debate at the Fox Theatre on July 30, 2019, in Detroit.

Commentary: A question missing from the health care debate: Will doctors make less money?

August 2, 2019 at 1:42 p.m.

Won't single-payer health care require higher taxes? (Yes, obviously.) And won't abolishing employer-sponsored insurance face opposition from some of the 160 million people happily on those plans now? (Almost certainly.)...

A big problem in treating mental illness is the stigma that all people — but especially those from communities of color — face.

Commentary: Battling the stigma of mental illness, especially in communities of color

August 1, 2019 at 1:11 p.m.

July was National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, and, well, to be honest, I had no idea. What's worse is that the annual campaign started all the way back in...

Commentary: Trump is the true socialist

July 26, 2019 at 9:16 p.m.

Republicans are right. The scourge of socialism is already upon us. They're just wrong about which party is to blame. Technically, "socialism" refers to a system in which the government...

Mayor Bill de Blasio, from left, Rep. Tim Ryan, former HUD Secretary Julian Castro, Sen. Cory Booker, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, former Rep. Beto O'Rourke, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Gov. Jay Inslee and former Rep. John Delaney appears onstage before the start of a June 26 Democratic primary debate in Miami.

Commentary: Answer these questions, Democratic candidates

July 26, 2019 at 5:25 p.m.

The Democratic presidential circus pitches its tent in Detroit this week. It will be especially entertaining if the presidential aspirants are asked some questions like these: For Sens. Elizabeth Warren...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., shown in March 2019, seem to be on opposite sides of the impeachment issue. Pelosi has been counseling the Democratic caucus to take a "slow, methodical approach" while Nadler wants to push forward with impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump.

Commentary: Mueller’s testimony was good for Trump — and Pelosi

July 25, 2019 at 7:22 p.m.

Robert Mueller's disastrous testimony has taken the wind out of the sails of the Democratic impeachment drive. That is a victory for President Donald Trump. But it also was good...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., answers questions from reporters on July 17, 2019, the day House Democrats joined with Republicans to repeal the "Cadillac tax."

Commentary: ‘Cadillac tax’ repeal showed hazard of bipartisanship

July 24, 2019 at 4:18 p.m.

Acting on the principle "Why put it off until tomorrow when you can do the wrong thing today?" the House of Representatives recently voted to repeal a tax that is...

Presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks on March 3, 2019, at Navy Pier.

Commentary: Bernie Sanders runs into socialist reality

July 23, 2019 at 3:51 p.m.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., proudly announced this year that his presidential campaign would be the first in history to have a unionized workforce. Well, he just became the first presidential...

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