His defenders overlook that his insults are not simply an act. They are the product of astonishing levels of narcissism, insecurity and intellectual incuriosity. Trump’s Twitter account is a window into his id.
A devout member of the Alfred Street Baptist Church, she put faithfulness at the top of her list of life lessons. “Love the Lord God at all times,” she writes. “He is with us, even in our darkest hour.”
They believed what they found believable. Their credulousness was rooted partly in truth — xenophobia, gun violence and the rest are real problems in the U.S., just as anti-foreigner violence is in Germany.
Axios reports that Trump is already “furious” with Mulvaney over a 2016 video, and CNN’s resurfacing of a 2015 video in which Mulvaney called the border wall “absurd and almost childish” is unlikely to go over well.
Trump should seek opportunities to use “linkage diplomacy” — a concept most associate with Henry Kissinger, who suggested nations can identify overlapping interests to their advantage.
Trump can’t afford to lose his hard-core supporters. But when looking at what advances this administration’s agenda or is good for the Republican Party, however, “His base loves it” doesn’t score any points.
I don’t understand how our streets have become deadlier than war zones, with more Americans killed by gun violence over the past 50 years than in every war in American history combined.
Last year, Quartz reported three out of four Americans live within a 5-mile radius of a Dollar Tree. More Americans do their grocery shopping at a dollar store than do at Whole Foods.
Of course, ideology sometimes tips the balance in close and even not-so-close cases. But notwithstanding the polarization of American politics, ideology still has its limits in the law.
A new study from Grinnell College in Iowa shows that we might have more in common than we think. A whopping 90 percent of us rated as very important a belief in treating people equally.
Her famous Laverne from the show “Laverne & Shirley” was not a television character who was out burning bras or beating her chest in the name of feminism. Instead, she embodied its ideals.
Despite incontrovertible evidence that Clinton had sexual relations with a White House intern and lied about it under oath, Clinton left office with the highest Gallup approval rating of any president since Harry Truman.
Martha McSally recently apologized to Cindy McCain, who reportedly accepted. Other Arizonans may not be so forgiving, though these would largely be Democrats who just rejected her for the office she’ll hold.
It’s up to us “girls” — and we are all girls — to be the saviors of this giant industry, which employs one out of every 10 Americans, by delivering more pleasant, luxurious service on unliveable wages.
Last month the U.S. government confirmed that an American citizen had died in Syrian captivity. Sources concluded that Layla Shweikani, a U.S. citizen with Syrian roots, had been tortured and then executed.
Ever since the world turned its attention to the murder of Khashoggi, senior U.S. officials and some members of Congress have urged MBS to take concrete steps to address their critics on Capitol Hill.
2018 has been a year of justice and accountability for at least some of those who foisted this administration on the country, sweeping out at least some of the lowlifes brought power by Trump’s victory.
It’s a mystery to me why any conservative could think or act otherwise. For as long as I can remember, increasing deficit spending and national debt topped the list of conservative taboos.
Police believed the prosecutor was going easy on Epstein — despite the parade of girls as young as 13 or 14 recruited to “massage” him — because of his connections, which included Donald Trump and Bill Clinton.
Kansas City Fire Department responded to a house fire at East 34th Street and Woodland Avenue Thursday afternoon. Deputy Chief Jimmy Walker said two children the under age of 2 were found deceased in the home.
