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Opinion

Where are the heroes?

Editorials and columns

Following the tragic mass shooting in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, that resulted in the deaths of four individuals, including a New York City Police Department officer, we must confront a vital question: Where were the heroes? Reports indicate that the shooter walked from the curb to the ...

It’s time to start thinking about tomorrow (again)

Editorials and columns

In 1992, Bill Clinton chose the Fleetwood Mac tune "Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow" as his campaign theme song. So much seems quaint from those Clinton presidential years: a shrinking national debt, gun control legislation, expanded health coverage for children and a family leave act. And ...

My socialist mayor

Editorials and columns

I live in New York City. "Proud Democratic Socialist" Zohran Mamdani is likely to be my next mayor. I'm not happy about it. But I am outnumbered. Mamdani is popular. He won more primary votes than any other candidate in the city's history. Minneapolis may also elect a socialist ...

Trump’s rap sheet vs. the people

Editorials and columns

Donald Trump's conquering of the country is complete. The blows he's inflicted on American democracy will take a lifetime to heal. The president fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics chief, a woman, for a poor jobs and growth report. That is a death knell — or a deep chill — for honest ...

Which scandal gets defined as a ‘distraction’?

Editorials and columns

There's something funny in scandal politics when people accuse each other of pushing a "distraction." So if Donald Trump tries to change the subject to Russia collusion-hoaxing, it's a "distraction" from the media's energetic Jeffrey Epstein obsession. All this really proves is that the ...