GAIL COLLINS and BRET STEPHENS

How much pessimism about the future of the United States is warranted?

The fine print is what really matters when it comes to affirmative action.

“You get the sense that most of these Republican Lilliputians are running to be Trump’s veep pick or his pet rock.”

For one thing, the president’s popularity — among Democrats and the publicgenerally — is not where he (or his party) wants it to be.

Tim Scott and Ron DeSantis are on the near horizon.

Just when you thought things couldn’t get stranger or sadder.

Debt ceiling? Running mate? Surely there’s something else we could talk about.

And it can’t wait any longer.

What could go wrong?

Meanwhile, Dobbs continues to shape the political landscape.