Friday, November 13, 2026

This is why you don't write off the South

Scott Colom shouldn't have been counted out. It's an indictment of the Democratic Party that Mississippi wasn't seen as competitive in the first place ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
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Today's Opinions

Fri Nov 13 2026

 
U.S. Sen.-elect Scott Colom, D-Mississippi, addresses his victory rally on Nov. 11, 2026, in Tougaloo.

Scott Colom shouldn't have been counted out. It's an indictment of the Democratic Party that Mississippi wasn't seen as competitive in the first place

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his wife, Jennifer Rauchet, attend a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington, DC, on Nov. 11, 2026.
 

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier isn't a prop

 

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, already widely disliked, was yelled at by a sentinel guarding the sacred Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Veterans Day.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang participates in a Q&A at the company's annual developers conference in San Jose, California, on March 17, 2026.
 

Nvidia CEO's affair shows men are too messy for the C-suite

 

Former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admitted to an affair with an alleged Chinese spy. Now he has resigned. Did his libido threaten national security?

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Oct. 5, 2026, in Washington, DC.
 

I have great news for Americans who think science is optional

 

Thanks to anti-vaccine non-scientists like Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., vaccinations are down and measles cases are up.

A judge's gavel on an American flag.
 

He thought he was paying his victims back. They didn't see a dime

 

If governments can search databases to find a criminal's forgotten money, why can't they use the same determination to find the victim?

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, speaks during a news conference with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee on Nov. 3, 2026, in Washington, DC.
 

Jeffries is the man for this moment. Underestimate him at your peril

 

Former DCCC chair Steve Israel once urged Hakeem Jeffries not to run. Now Jeffries is set to be House speaker – and critics are misreading him.

Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms celebrates winning Georgia's race for governor, and becoming the first Black woman elected governor of a U.S. state, during an election night rally in Atlanta on Nov. 3, 2026.
 

Black women like me felt heard this election. But we're not naive

 

Keisha Lance Bottoms is the first Black woman ever elected governor. At least 18 Black women will now hold statewide executive offices – a record.

President Donald Trump speaks after signing a proclamation at the White House in Washington, DC, on Nov. 5, 2026.
 

Trump's corruption didn't matter – until the economy tanked

 

Exit polls show corruption was a major issue that drove midterm voters. Now Sen. Jon Ossoff and Gov. Ron DeSantis are seizing on it ahead of 2028.

U.S. envoy Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law, addresses reporters in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Nov. 11, 2026, with negotiators on the war between Russia and Ukraine. The two-day talks ended with no breakthrough.
 

U.N. appointed the worst person to key department amid Ukraine war

 

Amid war with Russia, Ukraine is now the most mine-contaminated country on earth. But the U.N. just handed its demining oversight to Moscow.

A homeless camp on the Oregon State Capitol Mall in Salem in 2019.
 

We spend more money managing homelessness than fixing it

 

The 'Homeless Industrial Complex' has masterminded a system where failure fuels more funding rather than fundamental reform.

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