OpinionGive Brett Kavanaugh a fair hearing, Sen. Casey | Charlie Gerow

President Donald Trump's nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill the Supreme Court seat of retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy sparked predictable bile reactions, both on the left and the right. What was especially interesting was not the vitriol with which the left attacked the nomination of Judge Kavanaugh, but the timing.

Trump’s blindness to Russia proves he is woefully unprepared to be president

After Helsinki, there can be little doubt that Donald J. Trump acts more and more like an agent of Russia or heavily beholden to Russian interests. What else can any objective person conclude after the latest basically pro-Russian and anti-American comments from the president in which he preferred Russia's denial of interference in the 2016 election to the unanimous conclusion of all U.S. intelligence agencies ? Once again, Trump proves he is woefully unprepared to be president, master of the big lie, and ignorant of history and reality.

Gov. Kasich’s laudable Lake Erie protections, Ohio…

Key General Assembly Republicans are unhappy with their fellow Republican, Gov. John Kasich, for what his own press release termed "aggressive new action" to protect Lake Erie from agricultural runoff in western Ohio's Maumee River basin. On Wednesday, responding to Kasich's July 11 executive order, House Speaker Ryan Smith, a Republican from Gallia County's Bidwell, and other top Republican lawmakers asked Kasich to rescind it .

No more babies dying in hot cars: editorial

One and a half years ago, after another tragic death in blistering heat of a baby forgotten in the back seat of a family car, our editorial board called for rear-seat sensors to be mandated in all new cars . After all, we reasoned, carmakers already install devices to remind drivers to fasten their seat belts or turn off their headlights and take their keys when they leave their cars.

Guest Editorial: Consider this Trump’s Russian contusion

CNN's Anderson Cooper called the president's performance at a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin “perhaps one of the most disgraceful performances by an American president at a summit in front of a Russian leader certainly that I've ever seen.” Obama CIA Director John Brennan tweeted that it “rises to & exceeds the ... (more)

Perspective: Restoring – regular order’ in Congress

Each year, as Congress works through the appropriations process, the term "regular order" is often used. Regular order means the House and Senate both passing 12 individual bills to fund the various branches and agencies that make up the federal government instead of one massive omnibus spending bill at the end of the year.

We’ve reached a tipping point on Trump

As a preliminary matter, I'm delighted to be back from vacation and back in the United States. Easily forgotten during the coverage of the incompetent and intellectually corrupted officials who populate this administration are the honorable men and women in the civil service here and abroad carrying out administrative and security roles.

Did Putin share stolen election data with Trump?

Data is the energy, the lifeblood, the food and drink of any modern election campaign. From the mundane - names, addresses, voting districts - to the specifics of habits and interest, data matters more than television time, more than space on billboards, more than speeches and debates.

Cupp: That Helsinki feeling and hitting rock bottomby S.E. Cupp | | 15 mins ago

Cupp: That Helsinki feeling and hitting rock bottom Cupp: That Helsinki feeling and hitting rock bottom Check out this story on northjersey.com: https://njersy.co/2LvNrMU President Donald Trump says he now wants a second meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin. AP's Ken Thomas reports the White House has been repeatedly forced to clarify presidential statements after the criticism over their Helsinki meeting.

The term ‘alt-right’ has become a cudgel against conservatives

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, poses with Gerald Butts, left, Trudeau's senior political adviser, and David Axelrod, Chief Strategist for Barack Obama's presidential campaign, at the federal Liberal national convention in Halifax on Friday, April 20, 2018. Gerald Butts, the Prime Minister's principal secretary, Ahmed Hussen, the federal immigration minister, and Lisa MacLeod, Hussen's provincial counterpart, walk into a bar anda Fine.

The stench from Trump’s execrable performance grows ever more…

As with a rotting fish, the stench from President Donald Trump's execrable performance in Helsinki only grows more putrid with the passage of time. The leader of the sole superpower was simpering and submissive in the face of a murderous dictator's "strong and powerful" lies.

The case for censuring the president

Sixty-four years ago, the U.S. Senate censured the bullying demagogue Sen. Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin for conduct that "tended to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute." McCarthy lingered in the Senate for 2 1/2 more years, but the censure essentially ended his early-1950s "Red Scare" reign of intimidation and character assassination.