July 13, 2019
Megan Bachelder
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Trudy Rubin: Ambassador’s resignation reflects troubles in two democracies
The resignation of the British ambassador to Washington on Wednesday was about something much bigger than President Donald Trump’s anger at leaked diplomatic cables that dissed him. After all, the highly respected Kim Darroch was merely doing his job by reporting in 2017 about an “inept” Trump and a “uniquely dysfunctional” White House. Most ambassadors […]
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Commentary: Ross Perot pioneered the insurgent trail that Trump rode to victory
Both men would resent the comparison, but before Donald Trump’s run for the White House came the candidacy of Ross Perot, who has died at age 89. Both ran as outsiders, brash insurgents and “populists,” promising to restore America to a supposedly better past. Trump vowed to “drain the swamp” in Washington, D.C. Perot, running […]
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
View from Away: Trump searches for a lie to justify adding a citizenship question to the census
The Trump administration is scrambling to offer a new, legally defensible rationale for adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census. But it’s all a charade ordered up by President Donald Trump, who is determined to enlist the decennial census in his crusade against people living in the country illegally. Lower federal courts across the […]
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George Smith: Maine takes on climate change
The federal government would do well to follow the state’s lead in addressing this crisis.
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View from Away: When the stock market does reflect the real economy
It’s often said that the stock market is not the real economy, meaning: Wall Street traders make educated guesses about the future, so don’t read too much into this or that moment’s results. Stocks bounce around. GDP numbers, hiring and other data better reflect the nation’s health. But if the stock market isn’t the real […]