Gene Lyons
Columnist
Gene Lyons is a nationally syndicated columnist and author.
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.
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.
Even if he escapes conviction on the criminal charges he is now facing by Election Day 2024, Donald Trump’s age-related infirmities have become ever more visible of late.
The Republican House speaker is an amiable, polite, well-dressed religious crackpot or a pretender for career reasons, and he’s trying to convince God-intoxicated true believers he’s one of them.
Whether conservative or on the left, censorship is always about one thing: peoples’ sex lives.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s policies made Hamas stronger and weakened those who want a two-state solution for Palestine. Polls show Netanyahu’s support is cratering. The president of the U.S. should stay far away.
There’s already more Donald Trump coverage than anyone needs, but much of what he’s saying would land anyone else in a competency hearing, Gene Lyons writes.
Too many Americans now don’t trust the credentialed “elitists” with their graduate degrees and years of research. They’d rather go with the charismatic dunce who cheated his way through high school and can barely speak in complete sentences.
Mike Huckabee has warned of “bullets” flying if Donald Trump loses in 2024. Pretty much all mass shooters turn out to be infected with right-wing dogma. No need to kid ourselves about where this is coming from.