No shots have been fired in this cold war, but the long-term economic damage will leave most Americans worse off. share.inquirer.com/LaT7OM

As the shutdown took hold Wednesday, Republicans demanded that Senate Democrats “abandon their radical demands and fund the government.” Those radical demands? That affordable healthcare access for millions of Americans be protected. share.inquirer.com/DPByq5

New column in which I successfully abstained from making a Milei/Trump hair joke. share.inquirer.com/oH7254

"Trump can’t take a joke. Even worse, he and his supporters want to punish any free speech they don’t agree with. But you can’t just have free speech for right-leaning Americans," writes The Inquirer Editorial Board. www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...

Boycotts, firings, protests. However much you or I can loathe so-called cancel culture — it’s legal. What happened to Jimmy Kimmel is something else. share.inquirer.com/yhEAeu

It's back to the writing mines for me as I start a new weekly column for The Inquirer. share.inquirer.com/K92dWu

The biggest scandal in U.S. history is hiding in plain sight. The president and his family are boosting their wealth by $1 billion every month, selling the power and prestige of the White House.

Giving this a name - Cryptogate - and a concise guide. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...

Mi gente, read this column by @notesfromhel.bsky.social right now!
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Deepest dive yet on immigrants sent to a Salvadoran prison, and who Trump labeled “the worst of the worst,” shows the government knew only 6 were convicted of violent crimes, more than half had no criminal record at all, and none are known gang members. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

In these bleak times, with a disgraceful occupant in the Oval Office who has nothing but contempt for democracy, are we really expected to celebrate this nation or its leaders, asks @notesfromhel.bsky.social www.inquirer.com/opinion/pres...

Two high-profile decisions during Pa. Attorney General Dave Sunday's first months in office have cast doubt on his independence, writes the Editorial Board. www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...

Immigrants who are in the country illegally did break the law, but there is no justice in rounding people up and deporting them. There is no great wrong being set right. share.inquirer.com/IDhzaf

My favorite TV shows of 2024:
Shogun
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
A Man on the Inside
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
Slow Horses
Disclaimer
Shrinking
English Teacher
Acapulco
We Are Lady Parts

The world stared into an abyss of dictators, appeasement, and looming world war when suddenly the sky began falling...in central New Jersey

We were here in 1938, and now we're back. What's really behind a moral panic over drones? My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

Yale historian Timothy Snyder said the first rule to combat tyranny is: Do not obey in advance. Yet, many are doing just that. www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...

Hunter Biden’s ill-advised pardon sends a dangerous message | Editorial www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...

7 Opinion writers on what we’re thankful for — with contributions by @lfcarrasco.bsky.social, @notesfromhel.bsky.social, @willbunch.bsky.social, @dpearsonphl.bsky.social, @dlockwood.bsky.social, Jenice Armstrong, Trudy Rubin, and me.
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They're already here: To say that Donald Trump’s cabinet picks resemble a clown car would be to defame clowns, writes the @inquirer.com Editorial Board. www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...

You remember those “pussy hats” — the unofficial symbol of defiant (mostly white) women displaying their public penance for their Donald Trump-voting sisters after his first inauguration? Boy, they really showed him, huh? writes Helen Ubiñas share.inquirer.com/xsVmDm

Even if Latinos aren’t to blame (there’s plenty of that to go around), we are likely to be disproportionately impacted by Trump’s policies of callousness and cruelty. www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...