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A president with no shame, a party with no spine

If your puppy makes a mess on your carpet and you shout “Bad dog,” there is a good chance that puppy’s ears will droop, his head will bow and he may even whimper. In other words, even a pupp...

DATE: Jul 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman

Brooks: Localist Revolution is likely the coming wave

We’ve tried liberalism and conservatism, and now we’re trying populism. Maybe the next era of public life will be defined by a resurgence of localism. Localism is the belief that ...

DATE: Jul 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: David Brooks

You must resign, Mike Pompeo. Resign, John Bolton.

Before the word “resignation” became a euphemism for being fired, it connoted a sense of public integrity and personal honor. Attorney General Elliot Richardson and his deputy, William Rucke...

DATE: Jul 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Brooks: The murder-suicide of the West

When C.S. Lewis was a boy, his mother died. “With my mother’s death,” he wrote, “all settled happiness, all that was tranquil and reliable, disappeared from my life. There was to be much fun...

DATE: Jul 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: David Brooks

Kristof: We may be able to get this man off death row

The horror began with a nighttime home invasion and the stabbings of a white family, and was compounded when sheriff’s deputies arrested and framed a black man for murder. That’s ...

DATE: Jul 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nicholas Kristof

Brooks: The disturbing death of racial progress

Over the past few months, I’ve been trying to write a comforting column. The thesis was going to be that even though President Donald Trump is doing his best to inflame racial division, we a...

DATE: Jul 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: David Brooks

Egan: Down and out in San Francisco on $117,000 a year

It’s beyond laughable that a one-bedroom apartment can sell for $1.5 million in San Francisco – and get multiple offers within a day. Or that dumpsters sport satirical “for rent” signs. Or t...

DATE: Jul 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Tim Egan

Understanding Kavanaugh’s conservative roots

In the weeks ahead, we’re going to spend a lot of time going over Brett Kavanaugh’s biography – where he’s from and what he’s written. But that is not the most important thing about him. ...

DATE: Jul 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: David Brooks

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

Goldberg: The millennial socialists are coming

In May, three young progressive women running for the state Legislature in Pennsylvania, each endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America, won decisive primary victories over men heavil...

DATE: Jul 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Blow: Immigration policies reflect white minority anxiety

Last week Pat Buchanan was on “The Laura Ingraham Show” to discuss the humanitarian crisis Donald Trump has created at the border by ripping children away from their parents. He w...

DATE: Jun 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

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