Opinion: Losses increase as we age. But at 75, I made a surprising gain
Oct. 22, 2024 3:02 AM PT One thing about getting older is that increasing loss is the lay of all the land. Loss of nimble…
Opinion: Republican Wyoming, what happened to you?
CASPER, Wyo. — “Who out there catches horses for a living?” Gabriel the Bull asked. It was a hot, windy evening in July as the singer-songwriter…
Opinion : Trump promies mayhem. Take him seriously and literally
Back at the dawn of the Trump age, weeks before the 2016 election, a conservative writer chided the media as it struggled with how to…
Opinion: Menopausal women have a lot at stake in this election
Perhaps you’ve heard: Menopause is having a moment. Celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey and Drew Barrymore have begun speaking out about coping with symptoms and…
Former felons can vote in Nebraska. Ruling could help tip election balance
OMAHA — Nebraska’s top election official had no authority to strip voting rights from people convicted of a felony, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in…
Opinion: What Harris or Trump say may matter less than how they say it
Imagine someone needs to convince you of a surprising fact — say, that your partner is cheating on you. Your best friend might be direct:…
Opinion: Much of the world is terrified by Trump 2.0. Here’s why
Words matter. Especially when uttered by a president, and especially overseas. “Speak softly, and carry a big stick,” Theodore Roosevelt advised, though he never envisioned…
Opinion: Where both presidential candidates’ tax promises go wrong
Voters are understandably perplexed by Kamala Harris’ economic agenda, on which her campaign has offered little substance and little more than a string of vague…
Opinion: Did Donald Trump just corner the school Bible market in Oklahoma?
Who knew? Oklahoma needs Bibles.Lots of them. Like 55,000. That’s the scale of the request issued by Ryan Walters, superintendent of public instruction for Oklahoma.…
Opinion: Trump is already starring in the sequel to his 2020 disaster: ‘The Jan. 6 Insurrection II’
The unsealing last week of the government’s case against Donald Trump for trying to overturn his 2020 election loss was a gift to 2024 voters,…
Opinion: How much will the Supreme Court matter in the 2024 election?
What role, if any, will the Supreme Court play in the November presidential election? That is the crucial, unknowable question, as the court returns from…
Opinion: JD Vance won the debate with Tim Walz, hands down
As the candidates for vice president took the stage in New York on Tuesday night, the state of North Carolina was under water, Israel was…
Opinion: Why ‘Never Trump’ conservatives shouldn’t vote third party
Some right-leaning voters who oppose Donald Trump are thinking of voting neither for him nor Kamala Harris.I understand how they feel. In 2016, I published…
Opinion: How can Usha Vance stand by her husband as he fans bigotry?
I can’t get over how much I have in common with Usha Vance, wife of the Republican vice presidential candidate. We both grew up in…
Opinion: What does environmental justice look like? 20 years of struggle
Just up the road from Oakland and Berkeley, the city of Richmond is a minority and low-income community of 115,500 people — mainly Latino, Black…
Opinion: Why does Trump seem to talk like no one ever before?
Of all Donald Trump’s rhetorical predilections, one that goes largely unmentioned is his addiction to superlatives. No one has ever seen anything like virtually everything…
Opinion: Donald Trump’s politics of hate have come for Taylor Swift
Last month on Truth Social, former President Trump reposted a collage of young women wearing “Swifties for Trump” T-shirts. Most of the images clearly looked…
Opinion: Why Kamala Harris’ rhetoric isn’t sparking political violence
Another unwell person sought to kill Donald Trump, according to the FBI and other officials. We should all be grateful that no one was hurt,…
Opinion: The GOP House earns its ‘do-nothing’ label all over again
Lucky for the Republicans who run the House, few Americans are paying attention to their antics of late, given the focus on the presidential race.…
Opinion: What the media still get wrong about Trump voters
Many factors explain why people across Western democracies vote for politicians like former President Trump, including economic concerns, rural resentment and racial animosity. Although Trump…