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They share what triggered their appetite for imaginary worlds and the richness it brings.
Despite wins against Dinesh D’Souza, Rudy Giuliani, and Alex Jones, the overall situation in post-truth America isn’t encouraging.
Tariffs shouldn’t be an all-purpose foreign policy bludgeon.
As Lord Acton said, we can’t expect great men to be good men.
Are they enough to get me on a certain cable news station?
Polling shows prospects for progress on both issues.
Trump is flooding the zone with a parade of horribles. All that’s required is for senators to simply resolve to do their jobs.
Some things are so strange that only (relatively) ancient history can explain them.
Trump’s election will make emission-reductions goals even harder to reach.
We have entered a dark, democracy-eroding era.
We’ve seen it all in the campaign’s closing days.
On matter after matter, Trump has abandoned Reagan’s legacy.
If you value democracy, Donald Trump’s former chief of staff deserves your respect for his courageous candor.
A creative philosophical technique may help people to examine that fateful day in an objective manner.
On inflation, deficits, and debt, the differences matter.
After several months of trailing Vice President Kamala Harris, the Republican nominee has doubled down on fear-mongering.
A “D” for research, an “F” for critical reasoning, but an “A ” for spending members’ dues.
The former GOP governor is cochair of Republicans for Harris.
Voters can see Trump’s penchant for appeasement in his approach to Ukraine.
Ungrateful women were resisting his generous offer to be their protector.
Passage of Question 2 would eliminate the MCAS graduation requirement, not replace it.
Donald Trump’s record makes clear he has no regard for our national rules of the road.
Tell me, column readers, do you read novels? And if so, why?
It’s not true that tougher gun-safety laws make no difference on school shootings.
Harris turned in a strong, effective, persuasive performance. Not so Trump. Outpointed, outwitted, outsmarted, overmatched on substance, he repeatedly...
The Democratic nominee can use the change from single-payer to ACA-backer to her political advantage.
Globe Opinion presents a handy campaign field guide to governing-philosophy accusations, affixations, and appellations.
Camelot’s clown prince leaves the race in a revealing manner.
But both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have made economically dubious proposals.
The former president and his wife recall a more dignified and decent time in American politics.
The former speaker has helped Biden cement his legacy.
A longtime climate leader, Senator Markey sees real progress in the push for renewable energy and decreased emissions — but that would probably end...
Either way, Americans of all political stripes should be concerned.
But who was to blame for the mess he was in?
Three other vice presidents tried but failed to make the same transition, but some important lessons can be drawn from each.
The pact was working when Trump bailed out. Now Iran is close to having enough fissile material for a bomb.
Vice President Harris’s ascension has excited the Democratic Party, but Democrats must be ready for the attacks that will come.
Credit the president for stepping over his ego and toward the exit — and former House speaker Nancy Pelosi for nudging him in that direction.
Donald Trump has used his MAGA base as a cattle prod to herd the rest of the party into the stable.
Most don’t think he can win again and wish he’d make a graceful exit.
Do you believe he can win and govern competently? Or is it time for him to step aside?
These Democrats have the depth for an impressive ticket if the president drops out of the race.
Unpopularity or fear of losing may be the real reason, but it is seldom the explanation offered when an elected official calls it quits. Even when the...
How he hated the Fourth of July and all it stood for!
Panicked Democrats are talking about the need for Biden to let Democrats choose a different standard-bearer. For the good not just of his party but of...
"Responsible fiscal policy may not be good politics, but it is absolutely necessary to make the country strong enough to deal with all the other...
CNN needs to put the matter front and center in next week’s debate.
The UK elections are shaping up as big for the Labor Party and dismal for the Conservative Party.
The warning lights on the federal deficit are flashing. Our current path isn’t sustainable.
This year’s first presidential debate, coming June 27, has the very real potential to set the early general election narrative.