Denying asylum seekers would be a stain on America’s conscience
The "caravan" of asylum-seeking migrants that has finally arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border is a test of American character and purpose — a test that President Trump wants us to...
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Trump’s foreign policy is more like international lurching
The Trump administration is succeeding wildly at one thing: sowing utter confusion about its foreign policy. Perhaps "foreign policy" is the wrong term. "International lurchings" might be more apt. Allies...
The party of Lincoln has devolved into the party of Trump
We need to prepare for the eventuality that the Mueller probe catches President Trump, family members and associates red-handed — and Republicans in Congress refuse to do anything about it....
Column: Sadly, the carnage will continue
We will never know why. We already know how, but we don't care about that. And we know, beyond the slightest doubt, that it will happen again. There can be...
Column: Trump’s race-baiting rhetoric is not political calculation. It’s simply who he is.
President Trump's race-baiting attack on African-American athletes is nothing new. During the civil rights movement, blacks in the South who dared to stand up for justice were often punished by...
Column: Not at all quiet for Trump on the Russia front
Just so there's no confusion: Donald Trump's longtime personal lawyer emailed Vladimir Putin's personal spokesman? Seeking help from the Kremlin on a deal to build a Trump Tower in Moscow?...
Column: For the nation to heal, the Confederate statues must come down
It's not surprising that we seem to be refighting the Civil War, since it never properly ended in the first place. It might have, had Southerners listened to Robert E....
Stop the GOP from sabotaging our health care system
This is a week to keep focused on the most urgent question in domestic policy and politics: Will Republicans snatch health insurance from millions of Americans and slash the vital...
Has Kushner flown too close to the sun?
It's hard to write about Jared Kushner without going straight to the Icarus cliche — hubris, flying too close to the sun, falling into the sea. I once wrote that...
Benghazi hearing: Self-defeating travesty
Hillary Rodham Clinton must have been mindful of the old adage that you never interrupt an enemy when he is making a mistake. She sat in the witness chair with...