Author: Tom Nichols, Opinion columnist

The people who have supported Trump need to come to terms with what they’ve done and with what they’ve allowed to happen — or it will happen again.

Trump knows that defeat is imminent, and so he no longer felt the need to stay even remotely tethered to reality.

People who refuse to wear a mask are bolstering their sore egos. Their national motto is not ‘E Pluribus Unum,’ it’s ‘You’re not the boss of me.’

Every moment must be a heroic thriller, an action movie starring Trump and SEAL Team Six. It’s not enough to be a responsible steward of US security.

Public servants are protecting us, but don’t invest hope in Republicans — even those who have already blown the canopy to eject from the burning GOP.

A president who takes seriously his oath would be in shock to realize the astonishing level of penetration of his inner circle by agents of Russia.

Mueller’s redactions suggest more prosecutions are in the works and he is not ready to wrap up his investigation of an unprecedented national scandal.