@shocks Trump has already backed down in the face of an adverse court ruling on his federal funding freeze. @ezraklein had it right in his recent piece on this: Don’t believe him when he says he’s above the law. You’re only playing into his hands

When you die, your dog might eat you. My latest:

RT @GlobeOpinion: The Election Issue | Moderation might be a path to power — a chance for whichever party gets there first to build a major…

Another Paralympics underway - and Americans are, once again, tuning it out. Seems like a good time to re-up this piece from a few years ago.

My latest

Yes, @realDonaldTrump will be an awful president. No, he won’t topple democracy. My latest in @GlobeIdeas:

Hey, all. One more reminder that I’ll be chatting with @phileil about his new book tonight. Hope to see you there.

RT @phileil: If you're in the Boston area, I hope you'll join me tonight at @belmontbooks, where I'll be talking about the book with @dscha…

Come on out. Should be a great conversation.

@phileil @belmontbooks Rushdie-Smushdie. We’ll be fine!

@ajlamesa @AlecMacGillis For sure. Just saying there’s value in having a bunch of factories on the ground in a red state, so the employer lobbies the senator not to kill a tax break, and that senator quietly tells the GOP majority leader he’d rather it doesn’t get to the floor.

@ajlamesa @AlecMacGillis Fair, though a handful of factories in the Rust Belt may not make much difference either.

Hey, all. I’ll be in conversation with my friend and fellow @provphoenix alumn @phileil about his new book “Prescription for Pain,” about a once-promising doc who came to be known as the “Pill Mill Killer,” on April 16 @belmontbooks. Come on out!

RT @phileil: This is the event: a conversation with @dscharfGlobe about my book on Tuesday, April 16 at @belmontbooks. I'd love to see you…

How is it that @realDonaldTrump can break so extravagantly, for so long, with America's liberal tradition and still be with us? The answer, two new books suggest, is that he's tapping into the country's other, darker tradition. My latest:

RT @phileil: I'll be sharing more book-event info in the coming weeks. But I wanted to highlight this one at @belmontbooks on Tuesday, Apri…

For months, commentators have been insisting that Trump’s GOP opponents challenge him head-on. But @NikkiHaley’s surge suggests a different approach for moving past @realDonaldTrump - if not in this election, then perhaps in the long term. My latest:

RT @gavreilly: Plus: Glen Hansard and Lisa O’Neill perform ‘Fairytale of New York’ as a reflection after Communion. Can honestly say this…

RT @mirandacgreen: I’ve been a journalist my entire career and in the age of Me Too I still can’t believe how many movies and shows contain…