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A Christmas nativity scene depicts Jesus, Mary and Joseph separated and caged, as asylum seekers detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, at Claremont United Methodist Church on Dec. 9, 2019 in Claremont, California.

Commentary: Nativity scene with cages is an essential reminder: Don’t look away from the border

December 11, 2019 at 8:00 p.m.

The beauty of being human is that you can hold two seemingly opposite positions in your heart at the same time. Our fragmented, partisan society — in the era of...

The U.S. Capitol Building at dusk on Jan. 20, 2018, in Washington. The Congressional Budget Office has increased its estimate of current and future deficits.

Commentary: As federal budget deficit soars to nearly $1 trillion, GOP fiscal hawks don’t make a peep. For now.

October 16, 2019 at 5:23 p.m.

The GOP's fiscal hawks have finally flown the coop. The Congressional Budget Office has released its latest estimate for the federal budget deficit for the fiscal year that just ended....

Commentary: Marriage: Conservatives say ‘I do.’ Liberals say ‘Why bother?’ And that’s a problem

October 11, 2019 at 7:26 p.m.

There are plenty of differences between a liberal and a conservative — one lives primarily in coastal cities and university towns, the other in rural and exurban areas; one is...

Commentary: White people should all read ‘My Time Among the Whites’

October 10, 2019 at 12:04 a.m.

When you grow up surrounded by white people, you become, in many important ways, white. Your neighbors next door, your teachers at school ? everyone from the person behind the...

A March 2019 view of the Supreme Court in Washington.

Commentary: Supreme Court to decide whether ‘sex’ includes sexual orientation

October 5, 2019 at 8:00 p.m.

The beginning of the Supreme Court's term this week includes momentous oral arguments on Tuesday in two cases that illustrate clashing theories about how statutes should be construed. If properly...

Commentary: Vote out the politicians who keep whipping up fear of immigrants

March 11, 2024 at 2:07 p.m.

In 2011, a Kansas state lawmaker suggested shooting unlawfully present immigrants from helicopters, the way the state controlled its feral hog population. He was building on a long history of...

Donald Trump in France at the G7 Summit on Aug. 26, 2019.

Commentary: Democrats, please don’t make it too hard for Republicans to get on the impeachment train

October 2, 2019 at 9:47 p.m.

Do you think that Donald Trump is a disgrace to the presidency, a danger to the republic, a cancer on the body politic? Do you think that his Ukrainian adventures...

An effort to impeach President Donald Trump, shown Sept. 30, 2019, may actually boost his approval rating and make him more likely to be reelected.

Commentary: Impeachment might be the best thing for the country, but it won’t be easy

September 30, 2019 at 8:27 p.m.

Many people who would rejoice to see the last of President Donald Trump nonetheless fear that impeaching him is a bad idea. The country, after all, is headed into an...

Commentary: All the president’s accomplices

September 24, 2019 at 5:36 p.m.

R.I.P., American democracy. You still had so much left to give! Whom should we blame for your untimely demise? Understandably, many believe the coldhearted killer was President Donald Trump. He...

High school students and residents take part in a "Human Chain" rally in Tsuen Wan district in Hong Kong on Sept. 20, 2019. Amnesty International accused Hong Kong police of using excessive force against pro-democracy protesters.

Commentary: Hong Kong’s resistance offers lessons for Taiwan

September 21, 2019 at 8:00 p.m.

What happens on Hong Kong Island does not stay there. The ongoing tsunami of discontent washes over this island, which, like Hong Kong, is navigating the choppy waters of relations...

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