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WASHINGTON — If Donald Trump prefers combatants who aren't captured, as he once mocked John McCain, he apparently doesn't believe in taking prisoners,...

Jim Crowley was introduced to the Rhode Island media on Tuesday afternoon. Oh, the former St. Bonaventure women’s basketball coach took a similar posi...

Who the hell cares about a trade war? You, dear reader. Or at least you should, despite the bloviations of the presumptive Republican presidential nom...

WASHINGTON — Watching the excellent documentary "Ebola in America: Epidemic of Fear" is to relive the confusion and controversies of the summer of 201...

WASHINGTON — Stonewaller, shape-shifter, liar. I wrote last week about how an all-but-certain presidential nominee embodied these characteristics, pro...

CHARLESTON, S.C. — On rare occasions, Americans coalesce around a common cause, usually following some calamity — a terrorist attack, a natural disast...

WASHINGTON — The success of Bernie Sanders' insurgency is a marvel and an achievement. His showing is a mark of the anger and frustration felt by so m...

WASHINGTON — The mere possibility of a Donald Trump presidency -- gold-plated faucets in the house first occupied by John and Abigail Adams — will per...

Brazil can’t seem to catch a break. It’s suffering the worst economic slump in decades; its president may be thrown out of office; it’s contending wit...

Let’s examine what Bernie Sanders supporters did in his name over the weekend. As the Nevada Democratic convention voted to award a majority of delega...

The anti-war movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s was being forged by the youth, energetic and willing to stand up to establishment values. They...

WASHINGTON — The last few weeks have offered Americans a chilling glimpse of three faces of Donald Trump: the stonewaller, the shape-shifter and the l...

WASHINGTON — Because advertising is a barometer that often accurately measures America's psychological atmosphere, attention must be paid to this: Fro...

WASHINGTON — You could say that it all depends on how you define "lie." Or, perhaps, that it's hell to have a public record. Either way, Hillary Clint...

WASHINGTON — It's time to cut the GDP some slack. Overhauling the GDP — as some critics would — threatens to politicize one of our most useful economi...

WASHINGTON — In the category of credit where credit is due, Donald Trump has been exactly right in one important respect. He attacked the Republican e...

WASHINGTON — Academia's descent into perpetual hysteria and incipient tyranny is partly fueled by the fiction that one in five college students is sex...

WASHINGTON — "Ruth, you have a birthday coming up!" My friend's voice contained an odd note of reproach, faint but unmistakable. The reason quickly be...

"A significant part of the Roma are unfit for coexistence. These Roma are animals, and they behave like animals. ... Inarticulate sounds pour out of t...

What has happened to the GOP — and what should be done about it? Clearly the party is on the precipice of a disaster. But it’s a precipice familiar in...