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Fall means deer season and I'm reminded of the time an eight-point buck confronted me in the woods. It was October in Michigan and cold enough to warrant a fleece face mask. I sat on a stool under a tree just 100 yards from my husband, waiting in the early morning quiet while the forest took shape with the rising sun.

The terrain dipped low ...Read more

It's perfect coup weather.

President Donald Trump spoke before American generals, reminding them that they'll, by God, do what they're told or they'll, by God, lose the pension.

They endured a series of insults and left, not like prideful lions, but like civil servants scared of losing their jobs. Except for the medals on their chests, they ...Read more

Right before New York's Democratic mayoral primary, political seers declared with enormous confidence that Andrew Cuomo would easily beat Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani. They were wrong.

Now, about a month before the general election where Cuomo is running as an independent, the same blowhards are barking that Mamdani has it all but in ...Read more

As I write this, the government is hours away from shutting down. Countless federal employees whose jobs are to serve the public will be furloughed. Services will be disrupted. To take one example, the Environmental Protection Agency is planning to furlough nearly 90% of its workforce. Is the air too clean? The water and the beaches too safe? ...Read more

ROME, Italy -- I traveled to an ancient world to see a future version of America.

The "No Kings" chant is a bit off. Donald Trump's true calling and character is akin to a cruel Roman emperor.

Under the sun's glare, the Colosseum stood as huge and imposing as ever, even more so in real life.

Trump would love to enter the emperor's gate to ...Read more

It's been my honor to know a few real heroes -- people who've selflessly dared to fight greed and oppression to advance the common good. Diane Wilson, for example.

For 40 years, this fiery, fourth-generation fisherwoman from the Texas Gulf Coast has battled tenaciously for the rights and very survival of the area's hardscrabble fishing ...Read more

"What I've tried to do," Boston mega-philanthropist Jack Connors told an obituary writer interviewing him as he lay dying of pancreatic cancer, "is to make sure that the folks whose net worth is $10 get a break, too."

For decades, the son of a working-class Irish-American family who worked his way through college before starting a big-time ...Read more

The time has come to praise Donald Trump. Let's savor the moment.

The president is right to challenge the tech worker visa known as H-1B. This is a temporary visa that lets American companies hire skilled foreign workers in "specialty occupations."

The visa's fans offer a mirror image, with a twist, of the popular argument that low-skilled ...Read more

Over the last five years, politicians across the country have targeted transgender people and our families. They've banned our health care, censored our speech and made schools less safe for transgender students. One of the most consistent focus areas for many of these politicians has been the rights of transgender student athletes, ...Read more

President Donald Trump wants revenge. He has made getting even the centerpiece of his administration, as if vengeance is a popular or attractive response. It isn't.

Over the weekend, Trump asked Attorney General Pam Bondi on Truth Social why "nothing is being done" about James Comey, California Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff and New York ...Read more

Everyone knows that Donald Trump is the grifter in chief. Earlier this month, the president and his family raked in approximately $5 billion from meme coins, stablecoins and tokens. His businesses skimmed about $2.5 billion in profits from politically connected real estate deals during his first term. People eager to suck up to the leader of ...Read more

For principled critics of James Comey, the fraudulent and politicized indictment of him issued by a federal grand jury in Virginia yesterday is wrapped in layers of bitter irony. It would be entirely fair to suggest that the former FBI director brought this illegitimate prosecution upon himself.

His new jeopardy is only one facet of the ...Read more

When artist and writer John Guillemette posted his "illustration outtakes" from the upcoming book "Gina School" by Gina Barreca on Instagram, I knew I had to talk to them about their collaboration. The general public rarely gets a glimpse into an artist's process. We like to romanticize craft in our society -- make it look like a stroke of ...Read more

A NOTE FROM 40 YEARS IN JOURNALISM:

If a city councilor in the city where you work as a reporter proposes a city budget that guarantees the city will go bankrupt in five years, and you write a long story explaining the math, diving into state aid, the residential/commercial property tax split, money spent per student in the school system, and...Read more

On Monday, Donald Trump issued an ignorant warning to pregnant women whose doctors prescribe Tylenol, a brand name for acetaminophen. "Don't take Tylenol. Don't take it," he said. "Fight like hell not to take it." And when in pain, "Tough it out."

The idea that Tylenol use in pregnancy may cause autism has been shot down by researchers ...Read more

"The way this country works, you've got to sit down with people you may not agree with and come to an agreement, come to a negotiation," Sen. Chuck Schumer, the minority leader, said on Tuesday after President Donald Trump canceled his meeting with Democratic leaders. "Donald Trump is not a king. He's the president, and he has his ...Read more