Editorial Cartoon
Editorial Cartoon
Five tests of American restraint
Five seemingly unrelated developments -- the Supreme Court's intervention in mail-in ballot rules, a federal judge's decision affecting foreign students and journalists, the blockade threatening Saudi Arabia, an unusual alliance in Michigan politics, and the accelerating power of artificial intelligence -- are testing whether American institutions can exercise authority without abandoning restraint. Let's begin with the Supreme Court's decision concerning mail-in ballots. The Trump administration asked the justices to permit new Postal Service requirements before the midterm ...
If the Kennedy Center stays closed for now, so be it
Editor’s Note: Betsy McCaughey is off this week. This column from Froma Harrop is offered in its place. Go ahead, President Donald Trump, keep the Kennedy Center closed. Don't give it money for necessary repairs. This is low-hanging fruit for Americans done with your extortion schemes. ...
Watson outplays Mayfield, Browns edge Bucs 23-19
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Deshaun Watson threw two touchdown passes, including a go-ahead 17-yard toss to Blake Whiteheart in the fourth quarter, leading the Browns to a comeback victory over Tampa Bay 23-19 in a game that was delayed two hours, 12 minutes because of lightning. The Buccaneers ...
Mother’s milk gone sour
“Money is the mother’s milk of politics,” said Jesse M. Unruh, who in the ’60s was a powerful Democratic politician and speaker of the California State Assembly. It is a disgrace, if much is disgraceful these days, that we spend so much on getting people elected to Congress, who do ...
Free artificial intelligence
Cell phones made my life easier. So did the internet. Artificial intelligence may enrich it even more. But lots of people are worried. "Stop AI or we're all going to die!" shout protesters. It's possible that AI will decide that we humans are in the way and imprison us or kill us. Not ...