Opinion | Sex and the Capital City
“The Golden Bachelor” showed that sex is not just for spring chickens. Hearing aids and making out in a hot tub can go blissfully together. Now comes the Golden President. Even though fretful questions about his age have engulfed Joe Biden’s campaign, one thing is clear: His romance with Jill is still crackling. I have […]
Opinion | Will Gaza Cost Biden Re-election?
To some on the left, Levin’s combination of deep Michigan roots and defense of Palestinian rights made him seem like a uniquely promising vehicle for antiwar energies. In the left-wing magazine In These Times, the University of Chicago historian Gabriel Winant floated the idea of drafting Levin to run against Biden, writing, “The relationship between […]
Opinion | Putin Has Already Lost
More than any other event, Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022 has contributed to this sentiment. Ukrainian nationalism today, transcending region and language, reflects a deep determination to forge an identity defined by separation from, even antipathy toward, Russia. Indeed, Mr. Putin may go down in history as one of its main, if unwitting, catalysts. Given […]
Opinion | King Charles Has Rewritten the Royal Script
Desperate and frankly weird attempts were made to make the limb work. Wilhelm’s functioning arm was bound to his body when he was learning to walk, in an attempt to force him to use the other one: Predictably, he fell over a lot. Electric shocks were passed through it. The arm was placed inside the […]
Opinion | The Florida Fraudster and the Russian ‘Killer’
When I covered George H.W. Bush’s presidential campaign in 1988, he was so eager to wrap himself in the American flag that he took us to a New Jersey flag factory. That way, he could claim that the G.O.P. was “on the American side” while caressing pieces of striped, red-and-white nylon. At the time, it […]
Opinion | Democrats Have a Better Option Than Biden
Her challenge would be translating that into a public persona, which is — and let’s be blunt about this — a hard thing to do when you’ve grown up in a world that has always been quick to find your faults. A world that is afraid of women being angry, of Black people being angry. […]
Opinion | Spare Us Lara Trump
Just imagine the most extreme version as Don Jr. barrels around the West Wing, knocking heads as chief of staff, while his gal pal Kimberly Guilfoyle works her magic as communications director. And lest anyone accuse Trump Sr. of playing favorites, Tiffany, just a few years out of Georgetown Law, could be brought in as […]
Opinion | Why I Am Now Deeply Worried for America
Until a few days ago, I was feeling fairly sanguine about America’s prospects. Economically, we’ve had a year of strong growth and plunging inflation — and aside from committed Republicans, who see no good, hear no good and speak no good when a Democrat is president, Americans appear to be recognizing this progress. It has […]
Opinion | The Question Is Not If Biden Should Step Aside. It’s How.
Joe Biden should not be running for re-election. That much was obvious well before the special prosecutor’s comments on the president’s memory lapses inspired a burst of age-related angst. And Democrats who are furious at the prosecutor have to sense that it will become only more obvious as we move deeper into an actual campaign. […]
Opinion | Mr. President, Ditch the Stealth About Health
Once, when my father was in West Virginia on police business, a man approached him and demanded to know about “rumors” that President Franklin Roosevelt was “crippled.” The man threatened to beat up my father or anyone who said F.D.R. was in a wheelchair. My dad, a D.C. police detective, served on F.D.R.’s protective detail. […]