Column: Cosmopolitan with a twist
What better way to usher in the hissingly hot dog days of summer, otherwise known as August, than with a high-wire verbal duel between CNN senior White House correspondent (and...
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Parker: What the world needs now
Insidious is the force that causes us to dream of things we wish (or don't wish) were so. Thus, on the eve of this column's creation, I dreamt of Donald...
Parker: Poor everyone
Eventually, everyone in this town seems to wind up with the word "poor" in front of his or her name. Such a fate is especially likely if one has associated...
Parker: Time for Democrats and Republicans to work together on health care
WASHINGTON — It wasn't quite a wicked-witch-is-dead Munchkin happy dance, but the white noise of foregone conclusions drowned out Republicans' relatively muted regret over their failure to repeal and replace...
Parker: We were told there’d be dirt
WASHINGTON — That quaking beneath your feet is from shock waves in Washington where tipping points are merging with other tipping points to create the Mother of All Tipping Points....
Parker: Punch-drunk Trump
As the nation was preparing to celebrate its storied independence from the British crown, the president secured his place as history's greatest jester. Or America's first toddler president. Take your...
Parker: What’s ailing health care
WASHINGTON — The Senate health care bill, which was scuttled Tuesday until after July 4, was doomed by two narratives: Republicans are mean, and poor people would be dropping like...
Parker: Can words be lethal?
WASHINGTON — Words matter, journalists are fond of saying. This comes lately in the context of presidential tweets that conceivably could have serious repercussions. Otherwise, we seem conflicted about how...
In Trump era, it is difficult to recall what normal looks like
In one of Walker Percy's brilliant novels, "The Second Coming," protagonist Will Barrett keeps falling down for no apparent reason. He also suffers trances during which he contemplates existential questions....
Parker: Trump lets us know who he really is with his tweets
"If only he would stop tweeting." Those words came from a friend of mine named "Jack," quite possibly President Donald Trump's biggest fan. A former secret service agent, Jack is...