Steve Chapman: In the gun debate, bipartisan hypocrisy
Republicans and Democrats don’t agree on much, but they agree that sometimes, individual freedom must yield to the imperatives of public safety. They also agree that sometimes, efforts to save lives come at too high a price in liberty. Trouble is, they can’t agree on when.
Steve Chapman: Why do whites oppose the NFL protests?
In a poll, whites were asked whether the NFL players kneeling in protest during the national anthem are helping or hurting the cause of racial justice. No fewer than 85 percent said they’re hurting it.
Steve Chapman: Charlottesville, Trump and the resurgence of white nationalism
The birth of a child is a happy occasion that inspires joy and celebration.
Steve Chapman: Shutting out foreign workers would cost American jobs
Donald Trump is a businessman who has routinely hired foreign guest workers to staff his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, claiming it’s impossible to find Americans to do the work.
Steve Chapman: Two cheers for sanctions on Russia
Economic sanctions work better as a symbol than as a solution.
Steve Chapman: Curbing traffic stops would save lives
Last weekend, in the wee hours of the night, Chicago police stopped a car carrying four people.
Steve Chapman: A polarized public? No. A polarizing system
American politics is a bicycle with a rusty chain, flat tires and no brakes. It’s broken, and it’s not taking any of us where we want to go.
Steve Chapman: Political violence: ‘As American as cherry pie’
Someday, I hope, I’ll sit a couple of grandkids on my lap and tell them about the days when Americans abstained from political violence and settled all our differences peaceably through the democratic process. Or maybe I’ll pick a different fairy tale.
Steve Chapman: Trump’s overriding trait
What do the directors of the Transportation Security Administration, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the FBI have in common?
Steve Chapman: Jared Kushner’s Russian escapade
Suppose that shortly after the 2008 election, Barack Obama’s adviser Valerie Jarrett met with the Chinese ambassador and suggested using a secure link at his embassy to communicate with Beijing beyond the reach of U.S. intelligence agencies.
Steve Chapman: Trump makes himself look guilty
Among Donald Trump’s many shortcomings are the vast amount of history he doesn’t know and the little he does.
Steve Chapman: Our lazy president
Donald Trump has many worrisome, regrettable and even deplorable traits. But after studying him for the past two years, I have concluded he has an overlooked quality that cancels out many of his bad ones. Say what you will, the man is lazy.
Steve Chapman: The wrong kind of humanitarian intervention
Americans are a generous and selfless people, ever eager to improve the lives of foreigners cursed to live in less fortunate places. In fact, we are the nicest folks who would ever invade your country and leave it in ruins.
Steve Chapman: Opioid deaths: another drug-war failure
A 2014 study published in JAMA Internal Medicine found that states allowing medical marijuana had 25 percent fewer deaths from prescription drug overdoses than states forbidding it.
Steve Chapman: How Trump affects the presidential rankings
Any president can change the future. Donald Trump stands out for his ability to change the past, without even trying.
Steve Chapman: Campus free speech an oxymoron?
Since arriving in the White House, Donald Trump has upended many customs and norms, including many whose value was not fully appreciated before.
Steve Chapman: The folly of ‘buy American, hire American’
Now that the campaign is over, Donald Trump is no longer willing to fake it.
Steve Chapman: On ethics, Trump is no Obama
There was a time when American voters had to wonder whether Barack Obama was personally corrupt.
Steve Chapman: A stronger economy will also destroy jobs
In South Africa, people who speak Afrikaans use the word “robot” to mean the same thing it means in English. But it is also the word for “traffic light.” Why?
Steve Chapman: The abortion battle ahead — and a way out of it
In the presidential campaign, no issue separated Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton more starkly than abortion.