Alexandra Petri

This is what happens when you bring a heavenly event down to earth.

Let's not stop with the provocative production of "Julius Caesar." Better ban most of the bard's work. Lefty propaganda. Sad.

Let's pull out of the Paris Agreement on climate change and make Earth pull its own weight.

Listen, what proof do you have that this dead lizard wrapped in the Confederate flag will not make an excellent chief strategist and senior counselor to the president of the United States? I, for one, believe that everyone deserves a chance. You’re not wrong that this appears to be a pig’s head slowly rotting on … Continue reading Give Steve Bannon a chance. It’s not like he’s literally Joseph Goebbels.

“This was locker room banter, a private conversation that took place many years ago. Bill Clinton has said far worse to me on the golf course — not even close. I apologize if anyone was offended.” — Donald Trump, apologizing(?) for leaked footage of him talking to Billy Bush in 2005, saying that, among other … Continue reading Why Donald Trump and Billy Bush’s leaked conversation is so awful

Dang it, Britain, we thought you had things under control. We were supposed to be the place where everything was on fire. You were supposed to keep calm and carry on. Were all of those posters a lie? Torching the place for literally no reason other than to send a message about voter anger, we … Continue reading Keep calm and – what the hell just happened?

OPINION: Trump remains. He is all that is left. Do not underestimate him. Discard him at your peril.