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To the editor: In a previous letter, I noted how it is often hard to tell what the important issues are when a new administration comes in. This is especially true when many ideas previously dismissed as bizarre, ridiculous or kooky are presented as the new gospel. As a public service, I ...
President Trump’s refugee policy reminds me of what automaker Henry Ford supposedly said about his company’s Model T: “A customer can have a car painted any color he wants as long as it’s black.” So it is with the Trump administration’s policy toward refugees who are fleeing war ...
President Donald Trump gave an important speech in Riyadh that may come as close to outlining a “Trump doctrine” as we’ll probably see. It was a direct counterpoint to George W. Bush’s second inaugural address. The simplistic way to put it is that what liberty was for Bush, money ...
I hope Trump pushes forward on tariffs. Hear me out. He has already backtracked faster than a hiker who spies a rattlesnake. Trump spent the first weeks of his second term spitting out tariff rates in a twitchy staccato. On Feb. 1, he announced 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada ...
On April 23, 1992, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band Kiss started its Revenge Tour in San Francisco. On Jan. 20, 2025, the Gaming Hall of Fame member Donald J. Trump started his own Revenge Tour in Washington, D.C. It’s dangerous spelunking into the caverns of Trump’s mind, but ...
Back in December I wrote a column on symbolism and substance in politics. At the time, I was especially struck by the problem of what it means to take political rhetoric — the constant, often bizarre social media statements flooding from the White House being a great example — “seriously ...
