Column: America was gaslit by the arrogance of Joe Biden and his enablers
In March 2024, I wrote a column about President Biden’s State of the Union speech with a confident headline that made perfect sense to me…
Column: The Lakers should draft a big man who’s also a grown-up
The NBA draft combine concludes this weekend, and the draft is next month. However, before I dive into what kind of player the Los Angeles…
Column: Watch for even small shifts in Texas politics. Sometimes tectonic movements follow
Waskom, Texas, is an old railroad town of about 2,000 nestled at the midway point between Dallas and Shreveport, La. According to the city’s website,…
Hate Trump? Love him? You'll both be annoyed by this column
Agreeing with Trump's ends and despising his means won't win a columnist friends on the left or the right. Source link
Column: Another Big Lie: RFK Jr. wants to make America healthy again
What do you think would happen, I asked my daughter, a nurse practitioner who works in addiction medicine, if Narcan, the drug that reverses opiate…
Column: The ‘USA’ brand was 250 years in the making. It took just 100 days to trash it
Ken Griffin, one of Republicans’ billionaire donors who’d convinced themselves that President Trump wouldn’t do some things he campaigned to do, finally got it right…
Column: Against vampires or tyrants, truth is the essential weapon
I fell in love with vampire movies after seeing the 1987 film “The Lost Boys.” Before that movie, I had only seen those kinds of…
Column: Is Kilmar Abrego Garcia a criminal? Great question
Is Kilmar Abrego Garcia a good person? I don’t know.In 2021 his wife petitioned for, and received, an order of protection against him after she…
Letters to Sports: Dodgers continue to be agents of controversy
Kudos to Dylan Hernández for his column “Dodgers are no longer agents of change,” noting the absurdity of a Dodger team going to the White…
Ulster SFC 2025: Monaghan must find another level to topple Donegal – Conor McManus column
Two-time Ulster Championship winner and BBC pundit Conor McManus explains why, despite a successful Division Two campaign, Monaghan must improve to take down All-Ireland contenders…
Column: Gov. Whitmer’s party should learn from what she did in the Oval Office
Kudos to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. She managed to generate the most negatively iconic photo of a Democrat since Michael Dukakis wore a helmet atop…
Column: Becerra boasts about his anti-Trump resume in bid for governor
Newsletter You're reading the L.A. Times Politics newsletter Anita Chabria and David Lauter bring insights into legislation, politics and policy from California and beyond. In…
Column: Stephen A. Smith for president? Try to be more of an FDR than a DJT
If you’re looking for a “podcast” to take your mind off of things, I have a great suggestion: President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “fireside chats.” I…
COLUMN ONE : Barry: He Keeps D.C. Guessing : Media scapegoat? Target of a racist plot? Victim of his own excesses? The mayor not only weathers unending controversy, at times he seems to court it.
WASHINGTON — Inside an elementary school auditorium, in a run-down part of town that tourists never see, Mayor Marion Barry is lecturing 400 youngsters on the evils…
Column: Instead of bashing other Democrats, Newsom needs to look inward
Newsletter You're reading the L.A. Times Politics newsletter Anita Chabria and David Lauter bring insights into legislation, politics and policy from California and beyond. In…
Column: Making America a colonizer again
The self-professed “Make America Great Again” president is yet again reaching back to some bad old days in his chaotic quest for this never-defined national…
Column: What will Trump’s tariffs ‘liberate’ us from?
I am writing this from the last days of our captivity.Indeed, by the time some of you read this, we will be free. If all…
Column: Reagan administration took security seriously, unlike Trump
Newsletter You're reading the L.A. Times Politics newsletter George Skelton and Anita Chabria cover the insights, legislation, players and politics you need to know in…
Column: Was I the only one who shuddered at Brett Kavanaugh’s belligerent comments about beer?
Can we talk about beer for a sec?Specifically, Brett Kavanaugh’s professed affection for it?Like a lot of people who have lived with or been friends…
Column: Congress wants to impeach judges instead of doing its job
Some Republicans want U.S. District Judge James Boasberg removed from the bench for allegedly interfering with the president’s authority — under the Constitution and the…