Donald Trump’s cursing was the perfect finish to a week that included the salacious testimony by porn actress Stormy Daniels at his trial. I understand he is frustrated by a trial that seems to him, and many others, like a political hit, but that doesn’t justify a potty mouth.
Op-Eds
Rich Lowry: A presidency in its dotage
The only thing President Biden has to fear … is that everyone can sense he’s afraid.
Clarence Page: Congress enters thorny debate over how to define antisemitism
Who would oppose legislation to outlaw antisemitism? More people than you might think.
Froma Harrop: We are entering a new world of caregiving
Is it fair to ask teenagers to give up sports and parties to care for parents or other older relatives? That’s an important question these days, because so many now do.
Austin Bay: NATO in the Joe Biden moment
Vladimir Putin knows the “Joe Biden moment” of Western vulnerability is fading. In 10 years, if we’re lucky, we will read brow-furrowing tomes arguing President Biden’s cowardly Afghanistan withdrawal encouraged Chinese meddling in Asia, Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, Iranian troublemaking in the Middle East and Hamas’ attack on Israel.
Rich Lowry: The Columbia University push to elect Donald Trump
No, the brief takeover of a building at Columbia didn’t equal 1968, but any echo of that annus horribilis helps Trump, with perhaps a homage to Chicago 1968 still to come.
Paul Mills: Maine again takes the spotlight in the Electoral College odyssey
Two recent Maine based developments have once again put the state on the national stage of how the country elects its president. The first came last month when the Legislature voted to join 16 states and the District of Columbia in the National Popular Vote Compact, an agreement by which the participating jurisdictions are pledged […]
Dave Griffiths: This and That: Mother’s Day and then some
Mom was the truth in our household. She always knew what to say, and never let us forget that her loving and patient wisdom could address any foolishness three teenage boys came up with.
Cal Thomas: Bibi ignores Biden
If Hamas and its actions do not define evil, as Hitler’s attempt at eradicating the Jewish people did 80 years ago, pray tell what does?
Froma Harrop: Children in charge on college campuses
The pro-Palestinian protestors have every right to rail against Israel’s actions in Gaza and in the costumes of their choice. But when facing the consequences of breaking campus rules, many plead innocence by virtue of their youth.