WASHINGTON — During a news conference on Monday, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., accused Israel of denying her and fellow congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., entry because they are “the first two Muslim American women elected to Congress.” On Twitter, Omar was even more pointed, accusing Israel of implementing “Trump’s Muslim ban” — a calumny echoed by […]
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Froma Harrop: No, there will be no big infrastructure plan
Democrats running for president are vowing to bring high-speed internet to rural America. President Donald Trump campaigned on the same promise. It was to be part of his big infrastructure plan. But no, there will be no big infrastructure plan. Responding to the Democratic candidates’ reminder of a broken pledge, Trump’s former infrastructure adviser, D.J. […]
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Cal Thomas: Trump: Vote for me, or else
During a December 2015 debate among Republican presidential candidates in Las Vegas, former Florida governor Jeb Bush said to Donald Trump: “You can’t insult your way to the presidency.” Never mind. The question for next year’s election is whether the insulter-in-chief can use the same tactic to win a second term. It depends on two […]
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Politics and paranoia agree as well as bacon and eggs
Paranoia is a very common mental disorder, and political conspiracy fevers are its most conspicuous symptoms. The only people reliably immune to conspiracy theorizing are those who put their faith in human stupidity as the default explanation for human disaster. It’s easy to see the appeal of theories which trace all our ills to the […]
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Ed Rogers: Israel should reconsider barring Omar, Tlaib
By Ed Rogers Special to The Washington Post Israel made a mistake in denying Reps. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., the opportunity to visit. First, it was disrespectful to the U.S. Congress, which has been a consistently stalwart friend of Israel. Setting aside the foreign policy views of these two congresswomen, U.S. congressional […]
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Robert Samuelson: The hazards of economic instability
WASHINGTON — What is striking about the latest bouts of financial turmoil — the recent wild swings in global stock and bond markets — is that they provide a sobering reminder of the potential hazards of economic instability. There are parallels between the present tumultuous situation and past episodes of economic disruption, including the Great […]
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Street Talk: Painting of Auburn home a mystery
The lady’s name is Suzanne and her house is glorious. With its rounded tower capped with a steep, pointed turret, the house rises out of an Auburn field dominated by wildflowers, tall grass and giant trees that crowd in as if to guard it from the annoyances of the world beyond. It is a Queen […]
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Jennifer Rubin: Don’t tell me Trump’s words don’t matter
By Jennifer Rubin The Washington Post President Donald Trump’s apologists express outrage when his affirmation of white supremacist themes (e.g. “an invasion”) is linked to mass shootings by white supremacists. (Try to imagine them taking that position if President Barack Obama had echoed radical Islamist themes.) Trump’s defenders and that gaggle of conservatives who attack […]
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Washington Post: We have no idea yet how to feed the planet without frying it
This editorial appears in The Washington Post. When the world’s population reaches 10 billion in 2050, how will everyone get fed? Actually, a recent report underscored, the challenge is harder: How will everyone get fed without frying the planet? Climate change is usually associated with power plant smokestacks pumping out carbon dioxide. But a quarter […]
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Jonathan Capehart: A national apology would be a good start
By Jonathan Capehart The Washington Post Be honest. When you hear the word “reparations” in relation to compensation to African Americans for the sin of slavery, you think of a check from the U.S. Treasury, one in the amount of “priceless” for more than two centuries of free and forced labor followed by the ongoing […]