USA

The deadly ambushes of police officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge, La., this month raised fears of a wave of violence against law enforcement, with subsequent police slayings in Kansas City, Kan., and, late Thursday night, in San Diego heightening the anxiety. The number of police officers slain in the line of duty this year

The Democratic National Convention has been a piercing glimpse into why the United States has every appearance of being a country of vulgar idiots governed by vulgar idiots. Of course it is a great country, by most measurements the greatest country there has ever been. And shame on anyone who does not acknowledge with thanks

PHILADELPHIA — 1. The Clinton campaign sees multiple paths to victory If it’s possible to both run to the left and to the center at the same time, the Clinton campaign is doing it. In a speech in which Hillary Clinton appealed directly to the supporters of her erstwhile primary rival, she also drew applause

PHILADELPHIA — A federal appeals court on Friday refused to throw out the bribery and fraud charges filed against U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, clearing a hurdle standing between the New Jersey Democrat and a possible corruption trial. Menendez had sought to have his case dismissed citing constitutional protections that shield the work of legislators from

Hillary Clinton strode on stage in Philadelphia Thursday night and showed herself ready to win the presidency. In her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention, she presented herself less in her historic role as the first woman presidential candidate of a major party and more on her merits as the best candidate for the

Growing up as a child of privilege in a predominantly white community, my parents always taught me that all people were equal. Yet I noticed that adults around me sometimes told racist jokes. The bad guys on TV shows often were black. Most of the black people in my life were either my housekeeper or

The Republican National Convention was, despite conservative objections to the contrary, a dark affair. But to say that is not to be critical. To say that is to be practical, clear-eyed and observant. Donald Trump earned his nomination by playing on the justified fears of his audience — Americans who had been served a steady

PHILADELPHIA — Hillary Clinton kicked off her general election campaign Friday in Philadelphia by comparing Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to a king, while she argued the historic nature of her candidacy showed the goodness and potential of America. “Nobody who looked like me was thought to be possible to run for president” when the

There are adults in this presidential race and there are children, and this week’s Democratic National Convention did an excellent job of separating the women from the boys. There was a constant drumbeat in the lead-up to Hillary Clinton’s Thursday night speech, and that drumbeat, which had to pound loudly in Donald Trump’s ears, was: