There are elections that deliver a warning, and elections that make the warning impossible to ignore. The 2026 midterms were the latter. Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress, and Republicans lost Senate seats in states they had every reason to believe were secure. South ...
An especially repellant political race is about to fade from the headlines. It would have been less ugly had more politicians traded invective for wit. Humor can take the edge off while retaining the bite. "Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand," Mark Twain said. Clever retorts ...
Every election arrives wrapped in a story about its importance. In the weeks before a midterm, we hear that this is the most consequential election in our lifetime, perhaps the most important election ever. The language is understandable. Campaigns want attention, parties want energy, and ...
Last week, I went to the funeral of a friend's 100-year-old mother. It was sad, and I will sorely miss her, but the service was not tragic. In fact, it was uplifting, a lesson on a life well lived. What impressed me at the service was hearing her friends describe how she'd become a passionate ...
MAGA influencers got a bit worked up last week after former President Barack Obama mocked President Donald Trump’s gold-gold-gold-heavy Oval Office. “I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but he seems very focused on home renovation,” Obama jibed about the questionable redecoration Trump ...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Europe is crashing out over Trump's talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin - largely because of a dirty little secret about who's really been paying for their Ukrainian largesse: Russia. Western nations found a way to make Russia pay for both sides of the ...
