On July 7, an Immigration Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national. According to a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson, Araujo “weaponized his vehicle in an attempt to run over an ICE law enforcement officer resulting in our officer firing his wea…
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Before one of the Trump-backed “Freedom Trucks” rolls into the Ohio State Fair at the end of the month, state leaders should demand that the roving 18-wheeler museum, created by right-wing propagandists, includes a disclaimer about bias.Ohio Republicans should underscore their affinity with the pres…
Friends,This week, on their first day of trading on the Nasdaq-100 stock index, SpaceX’s shares dropped 6.8% to $149.47. That’s above their IPO price of $135, but down from a peak above $200, and below the $150 price where shares began trading on June 12.SpaceX’s decline disappointed investors who w…
Donald Trump has always equated sickness with weakness, as if it were a person’s own fault that they contracted an airborne disease. He also famously avoids people living with disabilities, from encouraging his brother, Fred Trump III, to let his severely disabled son die rather than cover his medi…
In the winter of 1986 while living in West Germany I visited East Berlin with my oldest daughter, who was still a teenager, and on the far side of Checkpoint Charlie we were picked up by a young man named Torsten who ran a gypsy cab. Before we’d gone more than a block he had the two of us rehearsing…
Nick Anderson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist.
This year marks America’s 250th anniversary. As government and civic organizations plan a year of patriotic festivities to mark the occasion, it is worth stepping back and acknowledging where we are in our ongoing struggle to protect the freedom to vote in this country, especially as the Trump admin…
The “partisan split” of Americans showed up in a big way at Fourth of July celebrations and backyard barbecues last week, but the media, while noting or even complaining about it, rarely mentions exactly why it’s happening.A few weeks ago, Louise and I were having coffee with an old friend who’s kno…
My name is Ray, and I’m still an Amazon user.Whenever I need anything, I automatically order it on Amazon Prime and it’s magically at my doorstep the next day. Or within a few hours. Sometimes, it arrives so quickly I swear they’re reading my mind and that I only thought about ordering it.I’m so laz…
First, full disclosure: I’m not a soccer fan. I’m a football fan, and a diehard Pittsburgh Steelers fan. So, having said that, let’s start with a hypothetical.Say the Steelers are heading into a playoff game and their best defensive player just got suspended for a hit the league ruled illegal.Team o…