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Gene Lyons

Columnist

Gene Lyons is a nationally syndicated columnist and author.

With Vivek Ramaswamy, U.S. Sen. Tim Scott and Eric Trump behind him, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivers remarks to a crowd on primary night in Nashua, New Hampshire.
Columnists
Donald Trump’s brain glitches are getting worse
It is going to be interesting to see how Donald Trump’s followers react as his psychological and intellectual decompensation proceeds under the enormous pressure of a presidential campaign and a series of criminal trials.
By Gene Lyons
 
Gene Lyons and his wife had lived on a cattle farm in Arkansas for for nine years.
Columnists
Having a cow can be a good thing
As the cold weather moves in, if you’re going to have melodrama on the farm, it’s likely to involve cows, Gene Lyons writes.
By Gene Lyons
 
Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump steps from behind a blue curtain at a campaign rally on Jan. 5, 2024 in Mason City, Iowa.
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Trump’s supporters are better prepared for a 2024 election loss
Donald Trump’s campaign appearances in Iowa have been almost phantasmagoric of late. A TV commercial on his Truth Social website claims he is God’s Chosen One.
By Gene Lyons
 
Donald Trump is surrounded by supporters with American flags and Trump signs at a campaign event in New Hampshire.
Columnists
Trump supporters are nothing but fundamentalists
The congenital braggart who embodies what Christianity has traditionally called the seven deadly sins has come to seem the totem of faith for millions of Republican evangelicals.
By Gene Lyons
 
Katie Cox, a pregnant Texas resident, holds her right hand on her belly.
Columnists
Texas abortion case defies logic, and compassion
Kate Cox had to flee the state to secure a legal abortion that could possibly save her life. These situations will continue as long as it’s politicians, “activists” and judges making the calls instead of women and their doctors.
By Gene Lyons
 
Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., speaks during a hearing of the House Committee on Education on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023 in Washington.
Columnists
Words matter, but they can be twisted, too, especially when Elise Stefanik is involved
In Republican hands, a congressional hearing on antisemitism is anything but a search for understanding.
By Gene Lyons
 
Former president Donald Trump speaks to a Moms for Liberty meeting in Philadelphia.
Columnists
There’s plenty of hypocrisy with Moms for Liberty, other pious GOP frauds
Politically, Moms for Liberty has done the Republicans more harm than good by banning books, attacking teachers and librarians, and picking on LGBTQ students.
By Gene Lyons
 
Shoppers queue to enter a store on Black Friday in New York, Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Peter K. Afriyie) ORG XMIT: NYPA103
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Americans aren’t as angry or cynical as many think
There’s plenty going on in the world to worry about, but I can’t agree that it’s rendered all Americans cynical and negative.
By Gene Lyons
 
Seth Golding, right, and Braydon Galliers, left, a bipartisan team of ballot fulfillment coordinators, empty an absentee voter drop-off ballot box on Election Day outside of the Franklin County Board of Elections in Columbus, Ohio, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. Polls are open in a few states for off-year elections that could give hints of voter sentiment ahead of next year’s critical presidential contest. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ORG XMIT: OHCK114
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The media should stop playing fortune-teller on elections
The press should do some real reporting about what’s going on in the country and stop predicting outcomes. Their track record of being right is bad anyway.
By Gene Lyons