The Politics of #HimToo

This article counts only distinct falsehoods for both Trump and Obama. If we had used a less strict standard, Trump would look even worse by comparison. He makes misleading statements and mild exaggerations – about economic statistics, his political opponents and many other subjects – far more often …

On Monday, three of Trump’s accusers appeared on NBC Today with Megyn Kelly, following the publication of articles further chronicling Trump’s alleged misconduct in People, The New Yorker, The Atlantic and New York magazine. The liberal filmmaker, Robert Greenwald, released a documentary, “16 …

China already exports its cutting-edge internet censorship technologies, honed in the world’s largest natural laboratory for “opinion guidance,” to authoritarian countries around the world. … In the future, if the article you’re reading loads slowly, or not at all, you might not know the reason. But you can guess.

You can find a “glossary” of the labels we now use to differentiate news from opinionpublished in the “footer” of the home page of thestar.com. In brief, news is defined as “verified information based in the impartial reporting of facts,” and opinion as, “articles based on personal interpretation and judgment of …

The firm had advised the family that the investigation into the assassination violates procedural requirements of Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Mr Justice Meli, on Tuesday, described the British law firm’s opinion, that the Caruana Galizia family’s human rights have been …

By Roslyn Layton, Opinion Contributor | Dec. 14, 2017, at 11:29 a.m.. The Federal Communication Commission votes this Thursday on Restoring Internet Freedom, a proposal designed to return broadband internet access to the permission-less innovation framework that governed it until 2015. Leading left media outlets …

By Grant T. Harris, Opinion Contributor | Dec. 15, 2017, at 6:00 a.m.. Today, ministers will descend on New York City for a familiar discussion at the United Nations: how to up the pressure on North Korea. A marginal boost to sanctions won’t change the game. Rather, existing sanctions must be better implemented.

Democrats and the media are accusing anyone who criticizes special counsel Robert Mueller as Trumpian conspirators trying to undermine his probe. But who needs critics when Mr. Mueller’s team is doing so much to undermine its own credibility? Wednesday’s revelations—they’re coming almost …

Noting the difficulty of creating legislation and disagreements between law makers over immigration policy, the article’s authors suggest “If ever there were an occasion to come together to help people improve their lives, this is it.” By working on legislation so “dreamers can realize their potential” by …

This fall, I was approached by reporters, through different sources, including my dear friend Ashley Judd, to speak about an episode in my life that, although painful, I thought I had made peace with. I had brainwashed myself into thinking that it was over and that I had survived; I hid from the responsibility to …