Editor's note: This column has been updated to reflect the correct spelling of J.N. Kronick's last name. A little of this, a little of that. Negative political campaigning is hardly new. The first contested presidential election, in 1800, bristled with abuse. In 1858, Stephen A. Douglas, the ...
Maybe we always knew it would come down to this question, if, in fact, it does come down to this question: Is Donald Trump a threat to democracy? Nearly ever since he swaggered from the lobby of Trump Tower to the national political spotlight in 2015 – and most especially since the Capitol ...
Q: I have a dilemma. As a senior, I'm a leader in my sport (I don't want to share which one). Our coach says I should be a role model for the younger players. I do try. I love the sport, and I enjoy looking after and helping to orient new teammates. Here's my problem. I noticed scars from ...
The great American jurist, Louis Brandeis, once said, "We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we cannot have both." In 2024, it might be just as relevant to say, “We may have democracy or we may have Donald Trump, but we cannot have both.” "We ...
Q. I read your column about friendship last week and wished so much I’d had you to talk with when I was 13. No one seemed to understand how devastated I was when my longest and best friend simply dropped out of my life. I was brokenhearted. I’m a mom now and my children are small – I know ...
Well before he became president, John F. Kennedy jotted down in a notebook he was keeping the words of Liddell Hart, a British scholar, military historian, and strategist. "Keep strong, if possible. In any case, keep cool," Hart wrote in his book, “Deterrent or Defense,” as noted by ...
