Tag: Froma Harrop
By Groundhog Day, the government shutdown will have been largely forgotten. That’s a guarantee. As memory of that long weekend fades, the matter of whether Democrats won, lost or tied in the deal to reopen ...
Donald Trump has mastered the authoritarian act, and that's how he attracted his brigade of humble followers. Some on the left seem to envy this ability to force obedience through threats and attacks. But that ...
The explosives going off in the dumpster in the Manhattan neighborhood of Chelsea was not a major terrorist event — except on the TV news channels. No one was killed, fortunately. And thanks to superb ...
Why are 78 percent of white evangelicals reportedly sticking with a mobbed-up casino con man gone six-time bankrupt? How can they support a thrice-married libertine who brags about his genitalia?
A friend 15 years older than Hillary Clinton recently came down with a mild pneumonia that sounds just like hers. Five days later, he was on a ladder pruning trees. The doctor wanted more rest, ...
Trump's nasty rhetoric should not hide the reality that he's taken no fixed stand on whether millions of otherwise law-abiding undocumented immigrants should be allowed to stay in the country. Some days, it's deportation. Some ...
Wal-Mart is seeing the future, and the future isn't more shoppers driving through stop-and-go traffic to big boxes at the edge of town. It's online shopping. The giant retailer plans to plunk down a princely ...
Trump's vow to "bring back coal" would be one of his easiest promises to break. The problem for coal isn't just that it's dirty energy. It's that natural gas is cheaper. Trashing every environmental law ...
Why could they get away with it? Because the United States Congress let them. The U.S. is the only advanced country that doesn't routinely negotiate drug prices with the makers. (The Department of Veterans Affairs ...
Trump's problem with many Republican women is not political incorrectness. It's not some largely harmless bit of ribaldry. It's that any woman who's been around the block once or twice can see the guy's got ...
The issue in France is political, not fashion aesthetics. Many worry that their large Muslim population is not assimilating into the predominant culture. French Prime Minister Manuel Valls called the burkini an emblem of "a ...
The political media thrives on a boiling pot. Clinton's widening lead in the polls drains some drama from the big story. The political punditry needs to drum up conflict, so why not revisit the alleged ...
First, a plea to non-hunting environmentalists to join sportsmen in the battle to preserve access to wildlife. Ordinary hunters seeking sport or food were not to blame for the near loss of the bison and ...
We may be getting ahead of ourselves assuming that Hillary Clinton will be next president, but let's proceed on that (comforting) notion. Few are better prepared to preserve and improve upon the Affordable Care Act ...
Such was the world of Paul Kalanithi as he was finishing his intensive medical training at the age of 35. Kalanithi's professional rocket booster had just ignited. As he was about to lift off to ...
Popular Posts
-
10 Mitt Romney Scandals That Shouldn’t Be ForgottenOctober 24, 2012 -
Watchdog Groups: Rick Santorum Illegally Directed Campaign FundsAugust 15, 2013 -
An Engineer Explains Why Trump’s Wall Is So ImplausibleSeptember 21, 2015
Latest Posts
Popular Posts
