If it seems as though in recent years the atmosphere has become more charged with hate and division — perhaps even to the point of being dangerous — you’re not imagining things. Hate crimes are on the rise. To examine one category, the Federal Bureau of Investigation reports anti-Jewish ...
The Trump administration marries insane ideas to gross, bullying tactics. But even when this administration stumbles upon an idea that is not deranged, illegal or immoral, it has the capacity to do great harm. I’m thinking of the reported plans to encourage marriage and motherhood. The ...
Kilmar Abrego Garcia shouldn’t be in a prison in El Salvador, but also never should have been in the United States or given relief from deportation. The White House is trying to make the alleged MS-13 gang member a symbol of illegal immigrant crime, while Trump’s opposition is seeking to ...
As President Trump’s polling takes a tumble 100 days into his second term — and Dick Durbin, the Senate’s second-ranking Democrat, announces his retirement, a very old hit tune by Ethel Waters comes to mind: “There’ll be some changes made.” I’m gonna change my way of livin’, ...
Before basketball’s 24-second rule, there was a tactic called freezing the ball. The team that was ahead would attempt to run out the clock by holding onto the ball as long as it could to deny the opposing team an opportunity to score. That looks like what Iran is again doing — ...
One way or another, Youngstown City Council meetings will be presided over by a new president next year. Two Democrats — Mike Ray and Anita Davis — are vying for the seat to be vacated by Tom Hetrick, who served one term as council president and decided not to run for reelection. The ...