Opinion: Mad about politics? Blame Congress
The judiciary isn't supposed to be the primary check on the executive, the legislative branch is.
Opinion: Here come the ‘independents’
Independents are so hot right now — and will be for the foreseeable future.
Opinion: Political sides fighting fire with fire, but they should fight fire with water
In the wake of Jimmy Kimmel's — apparently temporary — suspension from late-night TV, a (tragically small) number of prominent conservatives and Republicans have taken exception to the Trump administration's comfort with "jawboning" critics into submission.
Opinion: Pandering to hysteria the wrong step
Given the tsunami of news demanding your attention you might have missed an interesting trial balloon recently launched by the Department of Justice.
Opinion: Trump wants to be thought of as an autocrat
For many, the evidence is in: Donald Trump wants to be an autocrat.
Opinion: ‘They did it first’ doesn’t make it right
Even before America became a country, Americans already had a habit of freaking out about even minor violations of abstract principles.
Opinion: Kamala Harris won’t cure what ails the Democratic Party
William Henry Harrison, the ninth president of the United States, was the last commander in chief born a British subject.
Opinion: Why MAGA’s ideologues can’t always get what they want
MAGA has a problem, in the form of Donald Trump. Put simply: MAGA wants to define what MAGA (or "America first") means, and Donald Trump wants it to mean whatever he says at any given moment.
Opinion: Inevitable that Stephen Colbert’s late-night model would have to go
There's a lot of schadenfreude on the right, and even more lamentation on the left, about the cancellation of "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert."
Opinion: Yes, Mr. President, they’re still talking about Jeffrey Epstein
"Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein?" President Trump shot back at a reporter during a Cabinet meeting.
