Climate & Environment
Trump and his allies are threatening to withhold aid for a fire-ravaged city while fueling the climate crisis. It’s unconscionable.
Letters to the Editor
Transgender people make up a small minority of Americans. It’s too bad they must suffer demonization because of the GOP’s fear of social change.
Population and economic growth in states governed by Republicans shows conservative principles work. The party will get along fine without Trump.
Opinion
Forget the hoopla in Milwaukee this week. Republicans deserve to lose and lose again. That alone may return the party to sanity.
Politics
Hood County, Texas, has been shaken by a civil war between traditional Republicans and a far-right faction of the party energized by Donald Trump’s brash brand of politics.
‘As a Jew, I have long wondered how any Jew could vote for a Republican,’ says a reader in response to comments by former President Trump.
If Kamala Harris defeats the former president, a struggle for the GOP would ensue. But there are reasons to be hopeful about the party’s future.
California
The political committee behind Proposition 36, which has touted the anti-crime measure’s support from top local Democratic leaders, donated $1 million to the California Republican Party in recent weeks.
At the Republican National Convention, Usha Vance, wife of the Republican vice presidential nominee, said her husband had “adapted to my vegetarian diet,” intriguing many.
Two friends, a Democrat and Republican, watch Trump’s inauguration and speech with different perspectives and some good-natured ribbing. They both praise his delivery, if not his policies.