I have known President-elect Joe Biden since 1984. During the period from 1984 to 1990, I served as Singapore’s Ambassador to the United States. I called often on Senator Biden, […]
Read moreOpinion | Living Near Drilling Is Deadly. Why Don’t California Lawmakers Care?
Video by Matty Neikrug transcript Living Near Drilling Is Deadly. Why Don’t California Lawmakers Care? The state may be phasing out gas-powered cars, but it’s still legal to put an […]
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Want to get The Morning by email? Here’s the sign-up. Good morning. The U.S. and Europe are responding to the latest virus waves differently, and one approach is working better […]
Read moreOpinion | Was It Worth It, Jared and Ivanka?
Just five short years ago Jared and Ivanka were dinner-party royalty here in Manhattan. It’s that kind of place. They had money, they had youth, they had celebrity. They were […]
Read moreOpinion | The Coronavirus Saved My Life
LOS ANGELES — This summer, I walked into an urgent care clinic for a coronavirus test and walked out with stage four metastatic lung cancer. There’s a medical term for […]
Read moreOpinion | Mr. President, Pack Your Bags and Be Gone
The ruler broods, alone with his rage and shame, undone by rejection, his mind, like Macbeth’s, “full of scorpions,” plotting to overturn facts and destroy American democracy. His lackeys, and […]
Read moreOpinion | What Is Trump Playing at?
As newspapers and media across the country and around the world reported Joe Biden’s victory and Donald Trump’s defeat in last week’s election, Trump himself — along with his Republican allies […]
Read moreOpinion | Only Truth Can Save Our Democracy
On Saturday morning I was sitting in the kitchen with my wife, Ann, who was stirring her Cream of Wheat, when out of nowhere she surprised me with a question: […]
Read moreOpinion | Obamacare Is Back in Court. The Stakes Couldn’t Be Higher.
Today, the newly constituted Supreme Court will hear a challenge to the Affordable Care Act — the seventh in eight years. It is the most challenged statute in modern American […]
Read moreOpinion | What’s Not the Matter With Georgia?
Right now, we all have Georgia on our minds. It’s probably going to end up called for Joe Biden; his lead is razor-thin, but most observers expect it to survive […]
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