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Hardiness, hotter summers helping colorful crape myrtles find homes here
Many are hardy enough, but we were never hot enough. In recent summers, however, I’ve seen them blooming…
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Dowd: Biden in a race against time that he can’t win
The public now sees every Biden slip or gaffe as another loss from which he can’t fully recover.
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French: After such violence, our moral centers must hold
That center isn’t ideological but of the morality that sees the humanity in all around us.
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Bouie: 14th Amendment twisted to fit anti-abortion efforts
Trump’s rewriting of the GOP platform to ‘moderate’ its language changes nothing for reproductive rights.
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Blow: Biden’s resilience is best argument to stay the course
Maybe a different Democrat would have.a better chance against Trump, but a switch has no guarantees
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Krugman: Inflation rate vindicates those who counseled calm
The latest numbers are the strongest case rate for a reduction of interest rates by the Federal Reserve.
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Krugman: The disconnect between good economy and bad attitude
With consumer numbers and opinion generally up, narratives explain our assumptions about how things are.
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Schwab: Trump can disavow Project 2025, but he’ll still use it
A wish list of ultra-conservative dreams, the revolution ‘will be bloodless,’ if we just go along with it.
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Dowd: If the word ‘congenital’ fits for Trump, hit him with it
William Safire drew criticism for calling Hillary Clinton a ‘congenital liar’; for Trump, lying sure seems genetic.
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Stephens: Biden’s decline isn’t a crime; his handlers’ cover-up is
Biden, by insisting only he can defeat Trump, becomes more like the man he opposes.
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Paul: Annointing Harris to replace Biden not way to go about it
Democrats, to defeat Trump, need the best candidate; not one who earns the role by default.
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Klein: If Joe exits, Democrats need a contest, not a coronation
Kamala Harris can still win a ‘mini-primary,’ but voters now need transparency and information.
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French: On president’s power, court majority rejects originalism
They may not have done so for Trump’s benefit, but the conservatives became activist jurists.
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French: Democrats must ask if they are leaders or loyalists
Republicans refused to admit what they knew of Trump. Will Democrats now stay quiet about Biden?
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Stephens: What a better Israeli prime minister would do
A better leader would start with elections, seek a moderate Palestinian state and recognize Israel’s broader concerns.
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Schwab: The remedy to a bad debate and worse court decisions
A disheartening presidential debate and destabilizing court rulings beg the question of how to fix it all.
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Krugman: Who would pay for tariffs? Consumers, of course
Trump, who is proposing across-the-board fees, proved consumers pay with his tariffs in 2018-19.
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Klein: What post-debate polls show about replacing Biden
There’s little movement in the polls, but also signs that a different Democrat could do as well or…
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Burke: Dr. Seuss and the Two Things wrong in the debate
Unleashed, without a Cat to fix things, were Trump’s lies and Biden’s stumbles. Voters are left with the…
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Stephens: It wasn’t just an off night; Biden simply is not fit
Supporters can excuse away his debate performance, but Biden’s decline has been clear for some time.