You had to pity New York Police Commissioner James P. O'Neill as he defended his firing of white Officer Daniel Pantaleo for the chokehold death five years ago of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man who had resisted arrest. Published August 20, 2019
It's not that something is rotten in this Jeffrey Epstein suicide-in-a-federal-jail-cell story that is oh, so slowly unfolding on Park Row in Manhattan. It's that everything about it is rotten. Published August 15, 2019
Joe Biden, the former vice president, having practiced politics since 1972, had what should have been a simple task: to show he has the right stuff to be president and is prepared to lead the nation somewhere specific, where Democratic voters actually want to go. He did neither. Not even close. Published August 1, 2019
Bernie "I do know it, I wrote the damn bill" Sanders, coming off as more vigorous and passionate in Tuesday's CNN debate than in NBC's June debate, didn't look or act as relatively ancient as he in fact is at 77. Published July 31, 2019
Attorney Gen. William Barr's announcement that the federal government will resume capital punishment is good news for a rule of law under assault in America, rightly ending former President Barack Obama's unwisely compassionate suspension of federal capital punishment. Published July 25, 2019
This is for you tired, poor, huddled masses ready to throw yourselves out a window if you hear one more mention of Jerry Nadler, Bob Mueller, obstruction of justice and -- oh God, no! -- Vladimir Putin stealing our elections. Published July 8, 2019
Bopping themselves on their collective head, the Supreme Court's conservative majority ruled Thursday that gerrymandering somehow is not the province of the courts. Why not? Published June 27, 2019
First, take a deep breath. Now take a look at the Wall Street Journal. The otherwise fine newspaper editorially on Saturday blasted President Trump. For what? For not killing Iranians and blowing up Iranian targets to show how super our American power is. Published June 24, 2019
President Trump's shocking statement that Iran probably didn't mean to shoot down our $110 million spy drone sent House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her Democrats into a state of consternation -- which now becomes the 12th battleground state. Published June 21, 2019
Favoring sanctuary cities should be a disqualification for a potential president, President Trump said Tuesday. Published June 19, 2019
You can't get more basic and deep in the gut than this: The European Union elections over the weekend were really all about that live rail of politics everywhere -- immigration. Published May 30, 2019
CNN's Jake Tapper on Sunday asked a simple question: When does life begin? Montana Gov. Steve Bullock dodged, his right knee pumping as if in a bicycle race. Published May 20, 2019
The Nationalist Spring is alive and growing as Australia's conservative prime minister Scott Morrison's unexpected win on Saturday appears to show. Published May 18, 2019
National Security Adviser John R. Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo are patriots. But unlike President Trump, they are way too disposed to deploying American soldiers, guns and bombs to make the world over in our image. Published May 17, 2019
OK, I say this with trepidation because age is the third rail of polite discourse: Joe Biden as a 2020 presidential nomination candidate at this point in early 2019 looks, well, ancient. Published May 16, 2019
Harvard University is messing with academic freedom. Published May 13, 2019
There must be a way to discipline, even remove from office, a U.S. lawmaker who did what Sen. Mazie Hirono did to Attorney General William P. Barr. Published May 2, 2019
For President Trump's enemies, the salient and exploitable feature of special counsel Robert Mueller's report, released on Thursday, was Mr. Trump's attempts to interfere with an investigation that his own government was conducting. Published April 19, 2019
The response to the expected release of special counsel Robert Mueller's redacted report on Thursday can make or break President Trump's reelection prospects for next year. Published April 17, 2019
President Trump's latest crooning over the Butcher of Pyongyang has his supporters scratching their heads. Published March 24, 2019
