Mum divides opinion by flying business class, leaving baby and boyfriend in economy
A mum booked herself a business class seat while her partner and baby flew in economy - some say she deserves the break, others slammed…
Opinion: Elon Musk rides to the rescue of Gina Carano, fired by Disney for ‘abhorrent’ posts
Social media is awash with stupidity, cruelty and wrongheaded political opinions passed off as deep thoughts and intellectual acuity. Three years ago, the actor Gina…
Opinion: Age matters. Which is why Biden’s age is his superpower
Joe Biden is old. Like each of us, he comes from a particular place in history, in his case the LBJ years. And that’s one…
If Taylor Swift wants revenge against her haters, here’s a good bet
The right wing’s unhealthy obsession with Taylor Swift has hit critical mass in the run-up to this weekend’s Super Bowl match-up between the San Francisco…
How can the public trust spineless Keir Starmer after dozens of cynical U-turns?
Reverse Keir IN a political career marked by cynical U-turns, this is Keir Starmer’s most staggering. His flagship £28billion-a-year eco plan always looked a bloated…
Opinion: Rein in warrantless spying — before the feds start surveilling Gaza protesters
In the United States, a political leader’s disagreement with the views of a protest movement does not give the government license to investigate those protesters.…
Opinion: In a righteous world, Donald Trump would never be on another ballot
On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in a Colorado case about whether former President Trump’s deep involvement in the deadly…
Opinion: A Republican senator got the border deal the GOP wanted. Watch while his party betrays him
How did we get to this place where so many legislators don’t legislate, where lawmakers won’t make law? Why come to Washington if not to…
Court’s rebuke of Trump could put Jan. 6 trial back on track
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals’ denial of Donald Trump’s immunity claim Tuesday was comprehensive and emphatic — so much so that it could put…
House Speaker Johnson should be shamed by a Ukrainian’s example
I wonder whether my friend Maksym Butkevych knows the name of House Speaker Mike Johnson. Maksym is a defender of Ukraine and prisoner of war…
‘My search for intimacy led me to chemsex, now I’m trying to regain control’
Now that I was more open to the drugs that were being offered to me, it gave me access to play with the big boys.…
Opinion: Why doesn’t South Carolina love Nikki Haley?
Nikki Haley titled her 2022 book after the late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s assertion that “If you want something said, ask a man. If…
Opinion: The border crisis isn’t Mayorkas’ fault. House Republicans should impeach themselves
If governing amid the chaos of migrants crossing the southern border is an impeachable offense (it’s not), then it’s members of Congress, mostly Republicans, who…
Opinion: It might be Taylor Swift’s year at the Grammys, but it’s not the ‘year of the woman’
Taylor Swift, SZA, Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo … with so many female performers nominated for so many Grammys, will this be the “year of the…
Opinion: Need a good book? Try one your 9th-grader isn’t allowed to read
I have discovered many wonderful books, mostly in the young adult category, by reading news stories about what’s being banned in public schools these days:…
Open scoring: Oktagon fighters’ opinion split after system used at Newcastle show
Before British mixed martial artist Stuart Austin starts the second round of his heavyweight fight against Adam Palasz, he looks up and sees something which…
Opinion: Biden’s got a good-news deficit. What will turn it around?
If President Biden’s reelection hinged on the state of the economy, he’d be a good bet, or at least a better one. Instead, it’s voters’…
Opinion: Trump’s rants about NATO are making the U.S. weaker
On Sept. 12, 2001, 24 hours after the 9/11 attacks, representatives of the then-19-member NATO convened to invoke Article 5 of the organization’s charter, which…
Grieving families should not endure fear that Valdo Calocane could be released
A new anguish AS if the grieving families of Valdo Calocane’s victims haven’t suffered enough, they must now endure the constant fear that he might…
Opinion: Why 2024 may not be the worst political year ever
The 2028 presidential campaign can’t come soon enough. Just think: Fresh faces, furrowed by fewer lines. Fresh ideas, not of the authoritarian, willfully divisive kind…