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Carine Hajjar

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Will Maine uproot Susan Collins? I went to a potato festival to find out.

30.07.2026 20

Washington Post

Carine Hajjar

As Maine reels from an ICE shooting, Democrats embrace a slogan

21.07.2026 10

Washington Post

Carine Hajjar

Who vetted Graham Platner? Anyone?

08.07.2026 20

Washington Post

Carine Hajjar

Trump’s ‘small piece of the puzzle’ in the Iran war is the whole game

29.06.2026 50

Washington Post

Carine Hajjar

What I saw in Texas as its vicious GOP Senate runoff nears the finish

25.05.2026 20

Washington Post

Carine Hajjar

Schumer’s bad bet on Maine

02.05.2026 40

Washington Post

Carine Hajjar

Lebanon gets a second chance to do the right thing

14.04.2026 30

Washington Post

Carine Hajjar

Neither tattoos nor slurs are slowing down this Senate candidate

26.03.2026 50

Washington Post

Carine Hajjar

Gavin Newsom missed the memo: Relatability is out

13.03.2026 40

Washington Post

Carine Hajjar

Kristi Noem was a nightmare for immigration hawks

04.03.2026 40

Washington Post

Carine Hajjar

Young Americans should know the truth about Venezuela’s decline

27.01.2026 50

Washington Post

Carine Hajjar

On faith and foster care, one state does the right thing

18.12.2025 40

Washington Post

Carine Hajjar

‘Kind of embarrassed’: In Vance’s hometown, I saw patience running thin

17.12.2025 100

Washington Post

Carine Hajjar

In Graham Platner, can Democrats embrace a flawed but authentic candidate?

In politics, uncurated candidates come at a cost.

28.10.2025 40

Boston Globe

Carine Hajjar

A tattoo, old Reddit posts, and Graham Platner’s growing list of controversies

I can see the appeal of a gruff young Democrat who wants to rage against the decrepit Democratic machine — but couldn’t they find someone sans...

22.10.2025 20

Boston Globe

Carine Hajjar

Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time, protesters

As attitudes toward protesters who break the law seem to be souring, even liberal Massachusetts officials are changing their tone.

17.10.2025 30

Boston Globe

Carine Hajjar

A new era at Harvard: Once shunned, conservative students are now welcome to share their views

Michael Knowles gets a warm reception.

08.10.2025 20

Boston Globe

Carine Hajjar

Feds put Mass. on notice: Don’t discriminate against Christian foster parents

On Tuesday, the Trump administration warned state officials that a DCF policy requiring foster parents to “affirm” transgender identities violates...

30.09.2025 30

Boston Globe

Carine Hajjar

‘The answer to hate is not hate’: Erika Kirk shows moral leadership

No one had a greater right to rage after Charlie Kirk’s assassination than his widow. But she chose forgiveness instead.

26.09.2025 40

Boston Globe

Carine Hajjar

For an attorney general, Pam Bondi has a dim understanding of the First Amendment

When the attorney general threatened to “go after” hate speech directed at Charlie Kirk, the hypocrisy was too blatant for her fellow Republicans...

18.09.2025 30

Boston Globe

Carine Hajjar

The killing of Charlie Kirk: A generational conservative voice

He actively sought to challenge — and to be challenged.

11.09.2025 20

Boston Globe

Carine Hajjar

Thousands of kids in Massachusetts need foster care. So why is the state turning away Christian families?

A new lawsuit alleges that the state is discriminating against Christian foster parents by conditioning foster care licenses on their “willingness...

04.09.2025 40

Boston Globe

Carine Hajjar

Hezbollah has ruined Lebanon for years, with Iran’s backing. There’s finally a chance for change.

Now that the terrorist group has been critically weakened by Israeli strikes, the Lebanese have an opening to take their country back.

29.08.2025 30

Boston Globe

Carine Hajjar

Why conservatives are swooning over the Taylor-Travis engagement

Football and infectious pop music. What could be more American?

27.08.2025 30

Boston Globe

Carine Hajjar

Everyone wins in Trump-Wu clash — except immigrants

The mayor’s tough words might win votes in Boston. But the more she taunts Trump, the more she risks a harsher backlash against immigrants in the...

21.08.2025 30

Boston Globe

Carine Hajjar

Massachusetts’ sinking reading scores should be a five-alarm fire on Beacon Hill

Some of the strongest pushback against state literacy requirements has come from Massachusetts’ wealthiest communities.

24.07.2025 30

Boston Globe

Carine Hajjar

One reason why Newton public schools are losing students

The city’s schools are supposed to be among the state’s best. So why are families leaving?

18.07.2025 50

Boston Globe

Carine Hajjar

It’s a bit early to oppose Harvard’s negotiations with Trump

With all the bad things the Trump administration is throwing at Harvard, doesn’t it at least make sense to talk?

11.07.2025 40

Boston Globe

Carine Hajjar

Four years ago, Mayor Wu said shoplifters shouldn’t be prosecuted. Now shoplifting is up in Boston. Funny how that works.

Stores have put goods behind lock and key, which is why you have to ask a clerk for face wash.

02.07.2025 30

Boston Globe

Carine Hajjar

Bowdoin nepo baby as class warrior: Zohran Mamdani embodies the left’s ‘luxury beliefs’

The New York City mayoral candidate’s platform, if implemented, would yield the type of dysfunction that only an elite could afford to weather —...

25.06.2025 40

Boston Globe

Carine Hajjar

Iran could have chosen the road away from nuclear weapons. It declined.

President Trump was clear about his red line against an Iranian nuclear bomb. Tehran kept marching toward that goal anyway.

22.06.2025 30

Boston Globe

Carine Hajjar

The guy helping to ‘bring hell’ to Boston? He’s from Boston.

Acting ICE director Todd Lyons, one of the people in charge of bringing "hell" to Boston, is actually from South Boston.

20.06.2025 30

Boston Globe

Carine Hajjar

Jack Posobiec or Ilhan Omar: Can you guess who said it in this 5-question quiz about the Iran-Israel conflict?

Take this quiz to see if you can correctly identify who is responsible for isolationist commentary about the Iran-Israel conflict.

18.06.2025 30

Boston Globe

Carine Hajjar

Who said it: Tucker Carlson or Rashida Tlaib?

As the Israel-Iran conflict escalates, the far right and far left suddenly sound eerily similar.

14.06.2025 30

Boston Globe

Carine Hajjar

This isn’t how to change minds

There are good reasons for Americans to protest ICE’s arrests of noncriminals. But leave the keffiyehs at home.

13.06.2025 30

Boston Globe

Carine Hajjar

Mass. lets criminals go, ICE arrests innocent people. They both need to change.

Federal immigration officials should leave noncriminals alone. But when an undocumented immigrant is convicted of a violent crime in Massachusetts,...

06.06.2025 40

Boston Globe

Carine Hajjar

Video games and podcasts: Can Democrats win back the bros?

The biggest problem Democrats will have is convincing bros of their authenticity.

04.06.2025 30

Boston Globe

Carine Hajjar

For this conservative, the rot at Harvard is so bad that Trump’s drastic attacks are warranted

The president’s attacks on Harvard risk a lot of harm. But to some critics, massive government pressure seems like the only way to bring balance...

29.05.2025 20

Boston Globe

Carine Hajjar

The millionaires tax is becoming a slush fund for Democratic leaders

Voters trusted the Legislature to spend the money wisely on transportation and education projects.

23.05.2025 40

Boston Globe

Carine Hajjar