Jack Smith did the same thing Trump did

President Donald Trump has thrown the Justice Department’s Jan. 6 Capitol riot prosecutions out the window. But a week before Trump became president, the Department essentially did the same to its own investigation of Trump.

The misinformation superhighway

Notice how you never hear anybody talk about “the information superhighway” anymore? The creation of the internet marked a big advance in human ingenuity, yes. As a lifelong reader who feels claustrophobic in libraries, it’s been an enormous boon to my existence. I spend hours online every day.

Trump’s sentencing only did one thing

President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced last week in the bookkeeping case brought against him by Alvin Bragg, the elected Democratic district attorney of Manhattan.The sentence was effectively nothing.

What tomorrows wait deep in Biden’s eyes?

Joe Biden was 26 then, fresh out of law school with the Delaware bar exam behind him, and a Michel Legrand song began playing on the radio of his Corvette Stingray roadster. It was called “What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?

Connecting strands of Democratic Party

Two are men, one a woman.Two are rebels, one a moderate. One leans left, another leans right, the third hews to the middle ground. They come from states that represent the geographical diversity of the country: mountains, flatlands, coasts. They served with Barack Obama and Donald Trump.

Mondays should be welcomed

Over the course of the past two weeks it feels as if everyone has dealt with four collective “Mondays” thanks to the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays.Both holidays were welcome reprieves, especially Christmas once all the commercialism is stripped away and the real reason to celebrate is noted.

Presidency, life and legacy of Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter’s presidency began with a simple act meant to signal a new relationship between the people and their government: He and his wife, Rosalynn, got out of their limousine and walked a short part of the inaugural parade route, hand in hand.

Things are changing at the top of the world

With ice clumping on the sidewalks, with winds swirling between downtown buildings, and with white mountains growing in designated snow-deposit sites across the city, it only feels like the Arctic here.

DO JUST ONE THING

• Ceiling fans are always a good investment to circulate air in the home, keeping it as cool or warm as you need it in the most efficient manner possible. When you want it cooler inside, have the fan go in a counterclockwise direction to push cool air down.

Man wants to reconcile, leaving ex conflicted

DEAR HARRIETTE: My boyfriend broke up with me two weeks ago, and it left me feeling heartbroken and confused. He said he wasn’t sure about our relationship anymore, and while he didn’t give a lot of specifics, it was clear he had doubts.