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Comic relief as we wait for Donald Trump to be gone

Rick Wilson was minding his own business as a Republican operative when Donald Trump happened. Though his commercials for GOP candidates often pressed thorns in liberal flanks, he won broad

Only way to save the GOP is to defeat it in the House

WASHINGTON — University of Chicago researchers — who clearly have a lot of time on their hands — have found that the use of certain brands and products is a

Mountain bikes are here to stay

First came the bare human foot, somewhere in Africa. Then, in no particular order, the moccasin, the shoe, the horse and saddle, boat and oar, the ski, the snowshoe and

Dereliction of political duty in a tweet

It’s been policy hereabout to ignore presidential tweets of no national consequence. Whether Donald Trump likes Roseanne or dislikes Rosie matters not. But Trump’s tweets about the catastrophic California fires

Taking responsibility

In pre-Trump politics, the most important thing a president could do in a crisis was to take responsibility and lead. If something went wrong, you didn’t spend a moment pointing

The false premise of logging/thinning and fuel reduction

With new wildfires burning throughout California and elsewhere in the West, there are renewed calls for logging/thinning our forests based on the flawed assumption it will reduce large blazes. Indeed,

Trump and Putin’s do-si-do

WASHINGTON — It’s a given that political candidates will target each other with as much oppositional propaganda as they can get away with. But with the Kremlin now playing a

Is it treason yet?

Would anyone still be shocked to learn that most Republicans are untroubled by the Kremlin’s efforts to manipulate our politics? The appalling truth is that millions of Republicans -- more

The conscience of the present

“Science, like the Mississippi, begins in a tiny rivulet in the distant forest.” — Abraham Flexner WASHINGTON — In 1933, when America’s most famous immigrant settled in Princeton, New Jersey,

Female candidates must move beyond #MeToo

Have you heard? A woman who recently ran for president got nearly 3 million more votes than Donald Trump. Only the Electoral College — actually, a few thousand ballots in