People are always changing their minds, day to day. But over the past 20-odd years one group has shifted to an astounding degree: highly educated white Democrats. I’m not sure I understand why this group has undergone such a transformation, but it has, and the effects are reshaping our politics. The easiest way to describe […]

It is somewhat ironic the phrase “do or die” from the Alfred Lord Tennyson poem ‘Charge of the Light Brigade’ – first used politically by Mahatma Gandhi in the early 1940s to encourage Britain to “go” from India – should be used in 2019 by a British prime minister to encourage Britain to “go” again, […]

Christian Larsen considers everyone his friend, so when it came to his ninth birthday party, he wrote invitations for his entire class. But he and his mom, Lindsay, waited and waited for RSVPs that never came. They only heard back from one girl. Christian, who has autism, is a student at Hillsdale Elementary in Idaho. […]

Global finance has become a popular target from both the left and, more recently, the right, particularly the nationalist right. As Senator Josh Hawley, Republican of Missouri, said at the recent National Conservatism Conference, what he called the “the cosmopolitan economy” has encouraged multinational corporations to move jobs and profits overseas and then “rewarded these […]

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — I heard that Ricardo Rosselló, the island’s governor, was going to resign around noon on Wednesday. I made my way to La Fortaleza, the governor’s mansion, around 10 a.m. in anticipation. As the day wore into night anticipation turned to frustration. The governor had not shown his face, which enraged […]

The treatment of children as witnessed on RTÉ last night is reprehensible beyond words. There are laws in place to protect children and to prevent this type of intolerable treatment of children. Children should be happy, nurtured and protected. They are entitled to be treated with kindness, dignity and respect. Parents watching the programme will, […]

To the Editor: Robert Mueller, the special counsel in the Russia investigation, testified for hours before two congressional committees on Wednesday (nytimes.com, July 24). As Bill Clinton famously said in a very different context, I want to say to Mr. Mueller, “Bob, I feel your pain.” In the morning hearing, the Republicans’ rapid-fire barrage of […]

At first, Deanne Mudd wasn’t sure what she’d do after a fire destroyed her Calgary rental property in April 2017. Her tenants weren’t home at the time and there were no injuries, but the flames engulfed the house quickly, leaving no choice but to level it. “Originally, I was going to move a 1912 house […]

On Tuesday, the Trump administration announced proposed rules that would cut more than three million people off food assistance. This latest plan confirms what many have long suspected: The only thing unifying its policies on poverty is cruelty. Prior right-ring assaults on the poor at least claimed some semblance of a coherent theme. In contrast, […]

Boris Johnson has finally managed to confound even himself. Today he will become British prime minister, a possibility he famously dismissed by saying: “My chances of being PM are about as good as the chances of finding Elvis on Mars, or my being reincarnated as an olive.” The most ebullient and bombastic No-dealer of them […]