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“Bluenami!” a friend said of the remarkable turnover of both chambers of Congress from Republican to Democratic control. Another way to look at the midterms Tuesday is that the voters’ verdict found Donald Trump guilty of attempted murder of our democracy. The jury of citizens rescued ...
Stop the talk about a triumphal arch at the gates of Arlington Cemetery. Stop bullying the Kennedy Center into putting the Trump name on its front. Stop obsessing over the Reflecting Pool. Stop cutting down trees at a public golf course in Washington to make a championship course. These ...
The elections were a one-sided affair. What happens next shouldn’t be. Instead, Democrats and Republicans should come together, look each other deeply in the eyes and say the three little words that time eternal has proven to be the glue that holds together important relationships. You ...
My ballpark estimate: In the recently concluded midterm campaign season, Democrats ran roughly eleventy-bajillion ads accusing Republican office-holders of voting — 98%, 99% or 100% of the time — “with Donald Trump.” Calling your opponent a “rubber stamp” is a smart tactic when ...
To the editor: For most of our Earth’s history, carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the atmosphere have ranged between 180 and 280 parts per million. When CO2 levels were around 280 parts per million, the corresponding Earth temperature could sustain life. When CO2 levels were around 180 ...
After former President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, the new president, Lyndon Johnson, was being urged by Democrats to name Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy as his vice-presidential running mate in the 1964 election. Problem was, Johnson despised Kennedy, and was going to make him his ...
