On protecting the filibuster

When Democrats were the Senate minority, did they complain that the filibuster unduly empowered the minority? If not, they’ve forfeited that argument.

Trump parrots anti-Semitic tropes while purporting to protect Jewish AmericansThe new definition of anti-Semitism includes “denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination.” Telling Jews by executive order what their “national origin” is constitutes exactly such a denial ( Read more... )

California’s anti-Trump tax law is Putin-level election meddling

As a Democrat, I am distressed that my party has joined Republicans in erecting barriers to voting. (“California’s bill requiring candidates to show their tax returns is partisan and counterproductive,” editorial, July 30 ( Read more... )

Hypocrisy on ImmigrationThe Trump administration's proposal under which “Americans would lose the right to petition for their parents” to get green cards would mean a generation of American children deprived of grandparents ( Read more... )

Refugees, Out in the Cold

If we turn back refugees, let’s drop all talk of American exceptionalism. We’re just another selfish group of people out only for ourselves and our own; there is nothing exceptional about that.

The Inquiry Into the Collusion and Spying Claims

The F.B.I. director, James Comey, who improperly influenced the election, investigates whether the Russians did?

Obama, the Senate and the Supreme Court

Had Justice Scalia lived, we’d have a justice reflecting an election outcome from 1984. Why, then, do conservatives object to a justice solely because he would reflect an election outcome from 2012?

Dealing With Russia Under Putin

Re “Confronting Putin’s Russia,” by Michael A. McFaul (Op-Ed, March 24 ( Read more... )

Zimmerman verdict, and column, resonate

Re "Heartsick and numb over the Zimmerman verdict," Column by Sandy Banks, July 16 ( Read more... )

The Heartbreak in Russia’s Adoption Ban

Re “Putin Signs Bill That Bars U.S. Adoptions, Upending Families” (front page, Dec. 28 ( Read more... )