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It sounds like the plot of an adventure film — an elite, trained military unit is sent on a mission that’s intricate, critical and dangerous. But...
If my mother were alive, she would be disappointed at what her Republican Party has become. But not surprised. She had witnessed the GOP inching...
When the primary for the 2020 presidential contest was just beginning, an acquaintance — an intelligent, wealthy, white Democrat — shared her sure-...
Remember the movie “Elysium”? Though the dystopian, science-fiction vision of a future Earth didn’t cause much of a stir when it was released in...
Really, it was just a little thing that happened pre-election. Someone planted two Trump/Vance signs on my property — without my permission,...
The candidates for president of the United States and their surrogates are talking a lot about values, and demonstrating their very different...
During trips to Europe when Barack Obama was president of the United States, I felt like a rock star because, well, he was one, and some of that...
One Republican president, George W. Bush, honored Dikembe Mutombo at his 2007 State of the Union address at the Capitol, saying, “Dikembe became a...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — One rule for politicians and politically inclined citizens: Stay away from Hitler references. They have a “boy who cried wolf”...
The expectations were very different for the two candidates for president standing on the debate stage Tuesday night. One had to look presidential,...
Tweet Share Share Comment Listen to What Next: Apple Podcasts Spotify Last Wednesday, it happened again. This time in the small city of Wilder,...
It is fitting that President Joe Biden was the opening night star at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. He is the party’s past and...
Just give up trying to make sense of the last few weeks. Was the Trump-Biden debate just a little more than a month ago? Maybe that’s why in...
Stop. Reflect. Promise to do better, as individuals and as a country. That would be a thoughtful reaction to an attempted assassination at a...
It was a milestone that came and went with minimal political fanfare, the 60th anniversary of the day President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil...