As a child, I was bullied and harassed for being short. I remember feeling powerless and vulnerable. I also recall my shame. I directed much of my anger at myself. A large portion of America has felt bullied and harassed for decades. They've worked their butts off but haven't gotten anywhere. ...
The MSNBC anchor Lawrence O'Donnell believes he's on to a scandal — the U.S. president who held a snap summit with Vladimir Putin in Alaska, and then immediately after, hosted a spontaneous meeting with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky and major European leaders at the White House, is so ...
Two months after the breathtaking Operation Midnight Hammer strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities and the ceasefire with Israel that soon followed, President Donald Trump has once again upended conventional foreign policy wisdom. After years of escalatory rhetoric, moral posturing and ...
The economy can be both very complex and very simple. In simplified terms, consider two buckets. One is the public sector, and one is the private sector. As more money flows into the bucket of the public sector and fills it up, the private sector bucket does not fill up. However, the private ...
Dear Annie: I met my husband three years ago, about eight months after he lost his first wife of 20 years. Their marriage was often toxic, and she was very abusive toward him. After she passed, he was ready to move on. Right away, I knew something wasn't right with my husband. In his mid-50s, ...
Donald Trump sent National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles. As a follow-up, he deployed the National Guard and FBI agents on the streets of Washington, D.C. The two cities were carefully chosen. What's a better symbol of diversity, 21st-century culture and illusion than Los Angeles, ...