BY GARY EDMONDSON Glen Huber got me good. It was 1960. Our fifth grade class was going to have a mock presidential election – Kennedy/Nixon. Glen’s family was one of the few Catholic families in our small Indiana town. Our teacher asked for any endorsing speeches. Glen stood up and opened by saying, “I’m not going…
BY JOE CONASON Donald Trump is no longer just a persistent object of national shame and revulsion. He has become a threat to the Constitution and the rule of law – and the question before the House, quite literally, is what to do about him. For understandable reasons, the Democratic leadership in Congress has been…
BY FROMA HARROP Nancy Pelosi has urged Democrats not to dive into impeaching President Donald Trump. Democrats, listen to her. “He’s not worth it,” she said. Yes, he’s a scourge on our democracy. Yes, he has almost certainly done deeds qualifying him for removal from office [though we await slam-dunk evidence]. Thing is, Trump’s lifelong…
BY SUSAN ESTRICH The conversations are taking place when our kids come back to California, especially if they’re coming from New York. What is it that you see in AOC? And as they tell us, the generational divide always opens to the size of the Grand Canyon. They like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez because she speaks…
BY FROMA HARROP It started during the midterm campaign. Democrats stopped talking about Donald Trump all the time. Now presidential hopefuls are doing the same. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, once a relentless sparring partner on Twitter, all but ignores Trump’s goading comments. Is the reason, as some commentators hold, that the public is tired of the…
