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The term tipping point provides a useful way of thinking about that theoretical juncture along any path when the possible becomes the inevitable.

We often use the term in connection with climate change: The tipping point ...Read more

President Donald Trump cannot accept defeat.

His psychologist niece explains it in her book, “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man.”

He showed it to the world on Jan. 6 by...Read more

WASHINGTON — Rep. Adam Gray was one of only six House Democrats — and the only one from California — who voted with Republicans in favor of a deal to end the government shutdown, and there was a calculated reason ...Read more

In the 1967 film “Cool Hand Luke,” the “Captain” says to Luke (Paul Newman) “What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.”

The same could be said of the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress. ...Read more

Democrats claim to be concerned about “affordability” and job creation. Why, then, do they repeatedly propose policies that undermine those goals?

Consider California, where the dismal results are in for the state’s...Read more

The 2028 presidential election is more than 1,000 days away, but you’d hardly know it from all the speculation and anticipation that’s swirling from Sacramento to the Washington Beltway.

Standing at the center of ...Read more

The phrase “kids will be kids” has long been used to excuse bad behavior. It grew out of a centuries-old idea that youth itself should confer some form of immunity — that immaturity, carelessness or even cruelty are ...Read more

Everyone knows John Lennon’s “Imagine.”

It floats through Times Square on New Year’s Eve, plays during Olympic ceremonies, and fills the air at corporate galas meant to celebrate “unity.” Its melody is tender,...Read more

Should the U.S. and Russia resume nuclear testing?

The answer to that question must be a resounding “No.” Yet President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin, eager to project strength, have raised fears that...Read more