Editorials
New year, unresolved issues
A former president facing unprecedented legal challenges. A Justice Department confronting peculiarly awkward and unappealing decisions. A new Republican-controlled House facing an unusually fractious future. A GOP leader in an atypically difficult struggle to capture the speakership. An incumbent president approaching a re-election battle that his party would prefer he not undertake. A political system…
Read MoreThe TV shows, movies on celebrities’ own winter watchlists
LONDON (AP) — The weather outside may be frightful, but the myriad viewing options inside can be nothing short of delightful. During interviews in recent weeks, The Associated Press asked celebrities promoting their own projects in Europe what they planned to watch this winter season: LUCAS BRAVO and DARREN STAR (“Emily in Paris”): “I just…
Read More‘Not just the ramp.’ Worship spaces need more accessibility
Laura Lamb talks to her husband, Jerry Lamb, who suffers from a spine condition, as they make their way through the sanctuary at Camden First United Methodist Church Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Camden, Tenn. The church recently had a couple pews cut in half so Jerry, and anyone else who uses a wheelchair, walker…
Read MoreThe Lies of George Santos: Quantity Over Quality
Froma Harrop In the movie classic, “All About Eve,” George Sanders as the snob theater critic rakes scheming young actress Anne Baxter over the lies she told about her hard-knocks background. The one where she claims being at a Shubert Theater in San Francisco was a lie too far. That theater never existed, Sanders roars:…
Read MoreThe Trouble with Israel
Susan Estrich The trouble with Israel is very simple. It’s a democracy. They elect their own leaders. Not ones I’d vote for. They may sometimes feel the same way about us. So no, I don’t support Bibi Netanyahu. I worry about the right wingers he is making common cause with, because they include those who…
Read MoreFor Jan. 6 Committee, time for transparency is running out
Byron York Republicans take control of the House of Representatives in one week. When that happens, the Jan. 6 committee, with all its members selected by outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi, will go out of existence. Now, as the clock ticks down, it appears the committee’s demise will leave some significant unanswered questions. The biggest such…
Read MorePeople I don’t want to see next year
Froma Harrop There are media heavies we saw written about, talked about, day after tedious day, month after tiresome month. May the obsession over them fade in 2023. Mehmet Oz. Donald Trump’s hand-picked TV doctor lost his quest to win an open Senate seat in Pennsylvania, but his ads live on. One showed him cruising…
Read MoreLong history behind bitter Orthodox schism in Ukraine
Terry Mattingly After the Soviet Union’s collapse, Orthodox Christians throughout the Slavic world celebrated the slow, steady construction of churches after decades of persecution. In 2004, the poet Nina Borodai wrote a long prayer — “Song of the Most Holy Theotokos” (Greek for “God-bearer”) — seeking the prayers of St. Mary for the lands of…
Read MoreDemocrats are learning how to win
Froma Harrop By removing the Iowa caucuses as the first stop in picking a presidential candidate, would Democrats be giving up on Iowa? Not at all. The opposite could happen. It’s true that the Iowa caucuses crowned Democrats Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, two times each, and the state followed in the general elections. But…
Read MoreParalysis as Policy: Doing Nothing About Gun Violence
Susan Estrich A new report out this week has found the gun death rate to be the highest in 40 years. No one is exempt. More men are dying than women — by 86% to 14% — but deaths among women are increasing faster than those of men. Race matters. Gender matters. Age matters. …
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