Froma Harrop: Experience Sanders couldn’t buy, even with Bloomberg’s money
Mike Bloomberg was elected New York mayor two months after the outrage of Sept. 11, 2001. He took over a city reeling with grief and suffering economic losses tied to the terrorist attacks.
Froma Harrop: Which America speaks to Hong Kong?
Celebrating 70 years of Communist Party rule, Chinese leader Xi Jinping stood in the open sunroof of a Red Flag limousine and shouted, “Greetings, comrades,” to the masses below. Xi wore a Mao-style suit to his giant military parade, which featured a missile that could carry 10 nuclear warheads and strike anywhere in the United States.
Froma Harrop: Andrew Luck: The quarterback we all need
Andrew Luck, the superstar quarterback who just quit professional football at the tender age of 29, has received mixed reviews from the sports world.
Froma Harrop: No, there will be no big infrastructure plan
Democrats running for president are vowing to bring high-speed internet to rural America. President Donald Trump campaigned on the same promise. It was to be part of his big infrastructure plan. But no, there will be no big infrastructure plan.
Froma Harrop: Build a wall to keep them in
Last winter, I found myself in a hospital intensive care unit for three days. I was hooked onto all kinds of boxes, bags and bleeping machines.
Froma Harrop: Playtime over for Democrats’ radicals
It was certainly no slip of the tongue when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi cut a small group of her party’s radicals to size.
Froma Harrop: Drug price gouging: an American story
To be American is a wonderful thing most of the time. There are moments, however, when it is downright humiliating.
Froma Harrop: Our lesbian soccer players make us proud
Five members of the U.S. women’s soccer team — plus its coach — have publicly come out as lesbians.
Froma Harrop: Biden remains the Dem to beat Trump
During the Thursday debate, Kamala Harris went straight for Joe Biden’s jugular over his alleged failures on race matters. The day after, however, Keisha Lance Bottoms, the black mayor of arguably America’s blackest city, Atlanta, endorsed Biden for the Democratic nomination.
Froma Harrop: Do you really want to travel so much?
Hypertourism has become the curse of desirable places all over the world. It refers to the swarms of tourists who clog the plazas and narrow streets of prized cultural destinations — Florence, Venice, Barcelona, Prague and others.
Froma Harrop: Tweets, stock prices and Donald Trump
President Donald Trump’s tweets often set off big gyrations in stock prices. Anyone who knows of the tweets in advance could make a fortune, though not legally.
Froma Harrop: Trigger warnings for Donald Trump
That was a pretty stunning story about the White House asking some Navy officials to move the warship USS John McCain “out of sight” during President Donald Trump’s recent visit to Japan.
Froma Harrop: Trump immigration policy: mean but phony
You’d think from all the bombast and military shows at the border that Donald Trump is truly dedicated to ending illegal immigration.
Froma Harrop: A cap on interest rates charged consumers? Yes
The Loan Shark Protection Act would limit the interest charged on credit cards to 15 percent. A 15 percent cap would be too low — naively too low.
Froma Harrop: Engineered babies and not-so-good intentions
Like the comedian in the first episode of the new “Twilight Zone,” Dr. He Jiankui seemed desperate to be famous. And like that comedian, he
Froma Harrop: The very strange case of Stephen Moore
What can you say about Stephen Moore?
Froma Harrop: Change is coming to health care. Vote wisely
It’s a solid bet that our health care future won’t look quite like the present. Whether the outcome would be good or bad for the average working stiff will depend a great deal on who is president after the 2020 election.
Froma Harrop: Bernhardt would be another disaster at Interior
Back in 2016, candidate Donald Trump said he opposed a Republican bill designed to grease the wholesale transfer of America’s public lands to states.
Froma Harrop: Mueller report is what democrats needed
Many Democrats don’t get this, but the Mueller report has done them a great service.
Froma Harrop: Mayor Pete will be president one of these years
What corner of political heaven did Pete Buttigieg fly down from? The 37-year-old Democratic mayor of South Bend, Indiana, has mightily impressed mainstream Democrats with his refreshing common-sense intelligence. And that’s won him admiring glances from many Republicans, as well.