The two Donald Rumsfelds
By David Gergen, CNN Senior Political Analyst On Wednesday, America learned of the death of Donald Rumsfeld. Though he was one man, it’s hard…
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The CCP at 100: How to think about China’s ruling party
Opinion by Rana Mitter A hundred years ago, sometime in July 1921, 13 young men gathered in the Chinese city of Shanghai to found a tiny political…
Continue ReadingWhy a gag order against Trump would be a good idea
Opinion by Robert C. Gottlieb CNN and other news organizations have reported, citing people familiar with the matter, that a Manhattan grand jury…
Continue ReadingIndictments of firm and top executive test Trump’s charmed life
Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN Donald Trump has long evaded the consequences of his questionable business ethics and personal and political…
Continue ReadingRick Steves: Pot is now used by Mom and Dad. And Grandma’s rubbing it on her elbows
Opinion by Rick Steves I’m a hard-working, kid-raising, churchgoing, tax-paying American. And if I work hard all day and want to go home, smoke…
Continue ReadingBill Cosby’s release sends clear message for an alarming new era
Opinion by Kara Alaimo Bill Cosby, who has been accused of misconduct by 60 women, was released from prison Wednesday after Pennsylvania’s…
Continue ReadingBill Cosby released from prison after conviction overturned
CNN’s Brynn Gingras…
Continue ReadingHear Bill Cosby accuser’s reaction to his release from prison
Victoria Valentino, one of the women who accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault, says that the decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to vacate…
Continue ReadingThe amazing Hubble Telescope has suddenly stopped working
Opinion by Don Lincoln On April 24, 1990, the Space Shuttle Discovery was launched. Discovery’s engines and boosters thundered away as the…
Continue ReadingThe biggest loser in the NYC mayoral race is…ranked choice voting
Arick Wierson and Bradley Honan The hugely consequential New York City Democratic Primary election took place last Tuesday, June 22, and the winner…
Continue ReadingPresidential historian: Trump should not be happy with this
CNN presidential historian Tim Naftali analyzes a C-SPAN poll that ranks former President Donald Trump as the worst living…
Continue ReadingTrump is one of history’s worst presidents, survey says
Analysis by Lauren Dezenski, CNN Even though President Donald Trump famously boasted he would be “more presidential than any president…
Continue ReadingThe House takes a revealing vote on Confederate statues
Opinion by Nicole Hemmer During the insurrection in January, a rioter hoisted a Confederate flag over his shoulder, letting it furl out behind him as…
Continue ReadingHow NYC Board of Elections’ mistake fuels Trump’s false election fraud claims
Analysis by Harry Enten, CNN The New York City Democratic mayoral primary is a total mess. The city’s Board of Elections, known for previous…
Continue ReadingSeriously, New York? This, now?
Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN The counting error in New York’s mayoral primary is the last kind of screwup American democracy needed. Not…
Continue ReadingTurns out Donald Trump wasn’t the worst president in US history, historians say
Opinion by Thomas Balcerski On Wednesday, C-SPAN released its 2021 Historians Survey of Presidential Leadership, including for the first time former…
Continue ReadingTrump’s followers do take him literally
Opinion by Michael D’Antonio During the 2016 election campaign a new political phenomenon emerged: journalists seemed to take then-candidate…
Continue ReadingAmerica’s longest war is ending. A nation is left wondering whether it was all worth it.
Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN America’s “forever war” in Afghanistan outlasted the first three commanders in chief of this…
Continue ReadingNorm Eisen: Substantial risk for former President Trump ahead
CNN’s Chris Cuomo and former White House ethics czar Norm Eisen discuss former President Trump’s potential future legal…
Continue ReadingTo quit or not to quit — the question looming over a US Supreme Court justice
Analysis by Stephen Collinson Imagine going to work knowing that millions of people want you to quit. We’re not talking about a football…
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