
Obama, for all our sakes, stay home
Barack Obama’s return to the campaign trail last week was a delight for Democrats, not to mention journalists, who thrilled at the...

Donald Trump’s masked critics should step up and act
Like captives in a hostage video blinking in code, officials in Donald Trump’s cabinet seem to be trying to send us signals....

John McCain and Aretha Franklin: Worlds apart but together in death
In life, little would seem to bond US senator and war hero John McCain with soul legend Aretha Franklin. In death, however,...

Why Marvel’s tiresome superhero movies deserve an Oscar
When Billy Crystal hosted the Academy Awards throughout the 1990s, his signature bit was a short film that inserted him into cleverly...

Fifty years on from 1968, US history is repeating itself for the Democrats
Here in the fevered, fractious United States, reappraisals of 1968 have bloomed like weeds these past seven months. Alternately banal, dutiful, apocalyptic...

‘Catch and kill’: Why the sale of 13 gossip mags to a Trump ally is a big concern
The approval of AT&T’s $85 billion purchase of Time Warner – the home of Warner Bros movie studio, HBO and CNN – dwarfed...

The Playboy model and a hushed-up abortion: Is this Trump’s biggest secret?
Let’s face it: it’s tough keeping track of the stream of sleaze surging around the Trump White House. The sheer volume —...

More Trump trouble looms as James Comey rides back into town
Look there, on the horizon, see the lonely lawman sitting tall in the saddle, approaching through the haze. That would be the...

Showdown looms as FBI raids offices of Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen
The United States is plunging into the most dangerous constitutional crisis of the past 50 years, if not in its history. In...

Donald Trump’s standing gets another spanking
Remember that crack by US President Donald Trump about shooting someone on Fifth Avenue and not losing a vote? He should have...
