Trump’s comments about ‘bad management’ are right, but not in the way he thinks
The president has had some experience with poorly run companies and excuse-making.
National Opinions
Labor unions need to find a new bargaining chip
What is it that they can offer to employers to win better wages and working conditions?
Trump has the right strategy on Beijing. As a Chinese dissident, I’d know.
The president grasps that the Chinese Communist Party responds only to power.
President Trump’s pardon offer may have violated federal bribery laws
Legally it wouldn’t matter whether an official actually ended up breaking the law or receiving a pardon.
Five myths about tropical rainforests
No, they’re not the Earth’s “lungs,” and they’re not “untouched” wilderness.
Evangelical leaders are tidying up the kitchen while the house burns down
The largest problem evangelicals currently face is the massive sell-off of evangelicalism among the young.
To save endangered species, environmentalists need to listen to their fiercest critics
Without the support of loggers and miners, environmental reforms will fail.
Trade war shows reality of ‘America First’ in action
In a trade war, as in a real one, people are wounded by friendly fire from their side.
Robert Mueller crushed their dreams, so Democrats pivot to race
But once you brand 60 million people as “white supremacists,” and “Nazis,” what can you do with them? If Democrats win in 2020, will Trump voters be welcomed back into some brave new Trumpless America
Five myths about Charles Manson
No, Manson wasn’t a hippie, and he didn’t want to start a race war.
I am not a ‘fighter’ because I survived cancer
Faced with serious illness, people fall back on military metaphors - vocabulary that stamped me as brave and heroic when I felt most weak and defenseless.
If and when the recession begins, it won’t be Trump’s fault
Presidents just don’t have that much influence over the business cycle.
Trump’s tendency to double down on bad ideas doesn’t bode well for the economy
One could imagine him becoming even more protectionist and more isolationist in a recession.
When will Trump supporters finally say, ‘Okay, this is not normal’?
The longer you humor people who have gone off the rails, the more time they have to damage themselves and those around them.
What could sink Trump’s chances in 2020?
So far, the Democratic debates have been a great gift to Trump.
The unhinged presidency
You have to wonder whether his egomania might have blossomed into full-scale delusions of grandeur.
Trump’s idea of buying Greenland is far from absurd
The United States has a major strategic interest in not allowing new Arctic sea lanes to fall under Russian or Chinese control.
The Trump presidency is not just unfolding, it is unraveling
Trump is increasingly prone to the equation of the national interest with his personal manias.
Five myths about autonomous vehicles
They won’t eliminate private cars — and they’re not going to fix downtown congestion.
The Scaramucci story ends like all the others: With a Trump tweetstorm
For a guy who claims to care about infrastructure, Trump loves burning bridges.