OpinionSupported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENTGuest Essay Trump’s Biggest Beneficiary: Himself No presidential administration is completely free from questionable ethics practices, but Donald Trump has pushed us to a new low. He has accomplished that by …
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The Dinner That Helped Save Europe
In 1979, during John Paul II’s first visit to the United States as pope, he met with President Jimmy Carter at the White House. Shortly after that, he invited Zbigniew Brzezinski, Carter’s national security adviser, to dinner at the Vatican Embassy …
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Turkey’s People Are Resisting Autocracy. They Deserve More Than Silence.
The United States has long been willing to befriend unsavory foreign governments, sometimes with good reason. In a dangerous world, democracies cannot afford to alienate every nondemocracy. But any alliance with an autocratic regime requires at least …
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This Is How to Win an Environmental Fight
In early 2023, when the Minnesota Legislature began weighing a sweeping ban on “forever chemicals” — a class of roughly 9,000 substances used in everything from lipstick and cellphones to cookware and clothing — many lawmakers were doubtful they …
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David Thomas, Who Led the ‘Avant-Garage’ Band Pere Ubu, Dies at 71
David Thomas, the singer and songwriter who led Pere Ubu and other bands that stretched the parameters of punk and art-rock, died on Wednesday in Brighton and Hove, England. He was 71. Mr. Thomas had suffered from kidney disease, but the announcement …
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Jed the Fish, Quirky Pioneer of Los Angeles Radio, Dies at 69
With his off-kilter sensibility and deep musical grounding, he brought attention to New Wave and alternative artists at the groundbreaking station KROQ.
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Trump Doesn’t Want to Govern
I think it’s obvious that neither President Trump nor his coterie of agents and apparatchiks has any practical interest in governing the nation. It’s one reason (among many) they are so eager to destroy the federal bureaucracy; in their minds, you …
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Why We Let Fads Dictate What We Eat
For a few weeks last fall, I was eating a deflated rectangle made of cottage cheese, eggs and shredded Cheddar every day for lunch. When this unholy concoction first came out of the oven, it would seem so fluffy and filled with promise; warm and …
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Who Has to Get Rid of Radon: Me or My HOA?
It likely depends on your governing documents. But the homeowners’ association either has to solve the problem, or let you solve it.
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