Officials at Stanford University could learn something from the New York City Police Department about defending free speech while maintaining order. When hecklers prevented an invited speaker […]
Author: Froma Harrop
Guns kill people. Zombie politicians see to it
Right after a 28-year-old shot six people to death at a small Christian school, Rep. Tim Burchett, a Tennessee Republican, emoted on camera. “Three precious little kids […]
House Republicans are defunding the U.S., not China
House conservatives have devised a “new and improved” threat to the world economy if their demands are not met. Once again, they vow to vote against raising […]
Before DeSantis, Miami was fun
Let’s be grateful that Ron DeSantis devotes so much of his time raging over drag queens and bragging how he punished Disney for disagreeing with him. An […]
Biden knew full well to resist D.C.’s softer criminal code
Yes, Joe Biden believes that the District of Columbia should rule itself. Yes, Biden believes that D.C.’s new softer-on-crime law was a bad thing and needed to […]
I was a teenage librarian. Don’t arrest me
Some time ago, I worked after school and during summers at my town’s public library. My supervisor was Mrs. Fowkes, a stunning grandmother who, in summer, wore […]
What global warming might do to New England
Maine’s Aroostook County — the size of Connecticut and Rhode Island put together — is way north. Bordering the Canadian provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick, many […]
We’re green. But are we mean?
Joe Biden’s America has embarked on a muscular industrial policy aimed at curbing climate change, building U.S. manufacturing and competing with China. That’s a lot of going […]
Democrats should not have wanted Omar on that committee
Democrats loudly complained when Republicans threw Rep. Ilhan Omar off the Foreign Affairs Committee. But they should have thanked them, at least quietly. Omar is a problematic […]
Why not Pete Buttigieg?
Political news pounces on any poll suggesting Republicans’ preference for the 2024 presidential candidate. Little attention has landed on the Democratic side, where the numbers have been […]
