Parker: With Trump, as with the Corleones, loyalty is all
The great thing about hiring family members: You can usually trust them more than others. The really awful thing about hiring family members: You can't fire them. Unless, of course,...
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Parker: An orb, a sword and a slap
By now you're exhausted by all the head-swiveling news — the terrorist slaughter in Manchester; the president's trip to Everywhere; and investigation upon investigation of the possible collusion with Russia,...
Parker: Trump the truth-sayer
One thing we've learned the past several weeks is to ignore the White House and wait for President Donald Trump to spill the beans. Invariably, the president contradicts statements from...
Parker: Do-right women in a do-wrong world
For those lately bereft of leadership, the past few days have provided both a respite and a reason for hope. Make that two reasons — two women — Sally Yates...
Parker: A confederacy of dictators
It should have been obvious, but I missed it: Steve Bannon has been banished and Dennis Rodman is whispering in the president's ear. OK, maybe not, but it could explain...
Parker: He is the back down president, not dealmaker in chief
As President Donald Trump approaches the 100-day marker of his first year in office, he has defined himself not as the Dealmaker in Chief but as The Back Down President....
Parker: Murder while you watch
The Facebook video of a homicide was surely inevitable. This isn't the same as saying that video murders soon will become all the rage, but it was more likely to...
Parker: The party’s over for boors and bullies
Despite recent revelations that Fox News and anchor Bill O'Reilly had settled five complaints of sexual harassment against him to the tune of millions — his ratings went up. A...
Parker: The obfuscation game
If there is one operative rule in this city's left-right paradigm, it is to shift the focus of any conversation that seems at risk of revealing something approximating truth —...
Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair
Though Republicans profess to despise Big Government, especially the federal kind, it seems that what they really don't like is Democracy — and indeed prefer a monarchy. Yes, yes, the...