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The moist mystery of Scott Pruitt’s resignation

Gauche and greedy and dirty to the core, Scott Pruitt had no business being in what we still euphemistically call public service, and he was an embarrassment even in the context of the Trump...

DATE: Jul 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Frank Bruni

Bruni: The sick cosmic joke of Trump’s power

A death in the family. A punch to the gut. The announcement of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement felt to me and many people I know like both of those, but even more so like something else...

DATE: Jul 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Frank Bruni

Bruni: Artistotle’s wrongful death as college majors shift

History is on the ebb. Philosophy is on the ropes. And comparative literature? Please. It’s an intellectual heirloom: cherished by those who can afford such baubles but disposable in the eye...

DATE: May 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Frank Bruni

Bruni: Renounce Pelosi, ignore Trump ... and win?

WAXHAW, N.C. — Does Conor Lamb strike twice? Dan McCready certainly hopes so. Like Lamb, who won a special House election in Pennsylvania two months ago, McCready is a Democratic congression...

DATE: May 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Frank Bruni

Bruni: The Bush twins want to set the record straight

Editor’s note: This column first published in The New York Times on Oct. 19, 2017.The other morning, after too little sleep and with too much to do, Jenna Bush Hager found herself draggi...

DATE: Apr 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Frank Bruni

Bruni: Cynthia Nixon and the age of inexperience

You wouldn’t want to be operated on by a physician with only a few surgeries under his or her belt, and the assurance that this doctor brought a fresh perspective to anesthesia and incisions...

DATE: Mar 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Frank Bruni