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The only thing worse than President Donald Trump starting an unconstitutional war is Trump losing control of that war. On Wednesday, NBC News reported that Trump “erupted at members of his national...

That’s the length of President Donald Trump’s social media video announcing his war with Iran. He didn’t go to Congress. He didn’t obtain a U.N. Security Council resolution. Instead, he did...

There was a time when I believed that the two most powerful sentences in the English language were “I love you” and “I’m sorry". I now know that those words can wound, deeply, when they’re...

President Donald Trump is doing damage to America that could take a generation or more to repair. The next election cannot fix what Trump is breaking. Neither can the one after that. To understand...

I grew up a Reagan Republican in the middle of the Cold War, and I never thought I’d see the day when the president of the US became the world’s most prominent and effective Russian propagandist. ...

Early Nov. 10, my phone rang with terrible news: My wife, Nancy, has a highly aggressive form of breast cancer. Even as I type these words, I know there are countless readers who know the exact...

There is a depressing familiarity now to the conversations I’m hearing among parents of teenagers. After the obligatory pleasantries, talk often turns to mental health. Someone’s daughter is...