Category: Columnists

When I saw that Donald Trump take an interest in the horrible murder of a Georgia nursing student, I was swept by a profound sense of having been here before. Back in his 2016 campaign, Trump made a national cause out of the murder of Kate Steinle of San Francisco, allegedly by Jose Ines Garcia-Zarate, a homeless undocumented migrant. The accused killer was later acquitted of murder and manslaughter charges after a 2017 trial in which his defenders argued the death was an accident. This time the victim was Laken(cq) Hope Riley, 22, a Georgia nursing student whose body was […]

On Gaza, the U.S. is increasingly isolated. Much of the world is confounded by Washington’s refusal to restrain Israel’s conduct.

The moderate Republican center and progressives on the Democratic left present a mirror-image challenge for Joe Biden and Donald Trump.

The star witness in House Republicans’ impeachment inquiry into Hunter Biden and President Biden turned out to be an accused liar and possible Russian agent.

Donald Trump sees himself as a victim and a martyr, persecuted because he stood up for Black voters, i.e., the little people.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s postwar plan for Gaza clearly favors the far-right members of his Cabinet over requests from the U.S.

The Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling that frozen embryos are people worthy of protection throws the fertility business — and GOP politics — into confusion.

Most European countries have taken steps recently to address defense shortcomings, but they’ve nearly wasted two years with a lack of cohesiveness and urgency.

Fani Willis may have done nothing legally wrong in her relationship with her lead prosecutor in Donald Trump’s prosecution. But legalisms aren’t the whole story.

A conservative pundit’s confession that it took him ages to work out Donald Trump’s hold on the GOP gets Clarence Page wondering if he truly knows the Democratic base.