Steve Chapman: Democrats should push for a federal abortion rights law
In the wake of the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, Democrats are caught up in a war they thought they couldn't lose, trying to fend off a wave...
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Steve Chapman: Soon-to-be octogenarian Biden should step aside for another Democrat in 2024
Anyone who goes grocery shopping knows to look for the "sell by" date on certain perishables. Some products are fine several days after, but you don't want to push your...
Steve Chapman: The Supreme Court has abandoned religious neutrality
The First Amendment reflects a principled but shrewd attitude toward religion, which can be summarized: Government should keep its big fat nose out of matters of faith. The current Supreme...
Steve Chapman: Trump in the grip of desperation
Desperate people do desperate things, and in the closing chapter of his presidency, no one was more desperate than Donald Trump. He could see the end coming, and it scared...
Steve Chapman: Supreme Court’s Second Amendment decision is no cause for panic
The reaction to the Supreme Court ruling on New York's gun laws was a classic case of unjustified panic. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul called it "reckless" and "reprehensible." The...
Steve Chapman: Sensible Republicans are invaluable to saving democracy. All have to step up.
Now is a terrible time for sane, sensible Republicans. It's not bad enough that in 2020, Americans installed Joe Biden in the presidency with a Democratic Congress. Worse is that...
Steve Chapman: Trump didn’t succeed in his attempted coup. But the danger hasn’t passed.
Every American recalls with pride the revolution of 1776 when our forebears joined together to cast off colonial rule and create a new nation. Far less familiar is one that...
Steve Chapman: Will Trump’s voters ever get tired of his lies?
In the days and weeks following the 2020 election, a host of subordinates told Donald Trump a simple truth that he did not want to hear: He had lost the...
Steve Chapman: The Second Amendment doesn’t rule out new gun restrictions
When the U.S. Supreme Court vindicated the right of individuals to own firearms for self-defense, it might have opened a new era of calmer debate about the regulation of guns....
Steve Chapman: Jan. 6 hearings may not be enough to save democracy in a numbed-out America
In a world beset by worrisome events, it can be hard to filter out the noise to isolate the truly important ones. But failure to do so can be catastrophic,...