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Protesters have been setting the city of lights alight for years. They gave me cause to comment on their protests a year ago today in “The Yellow Vests: Paris Is Burning … Again,” December 6, 2018. Indeed, I am only commenting today because I cannot ignore this flaming symmetry: More than half a million demonstrators… Read more.
Donald Trump is an irrepressible buffoon. This is why even frenemies like Russian President Vladimir Putin – who see him as a “useful idiot” – must continually laugh at him behind his back. But nothing betrays what little respect Trump commands on the world stage quite like his allies doing the same. Donald Trump departed… Read more.
I vowed to eschew commenting on the horse race for the Democratic presidential nomination. But I feel obliged to make an exception for this: Struggling to raise money and to find a strong foothold in the crowded Democratic primary field, Sen. Kamala Harris on Tuesday dropped out of the presidential race, a dramatic fall for… Read more.
I was encouraged and discouraged in equal measure on Saturday morning as I watched a CBS report on horse racing. I was encouraged because it cited “growing concern” that an average of 10 horses a week are dying on race tracks. This is causing some industry leaders to call for a “strong central authority” to… Read more.
