Peter Laffin
Writer at National Catholic Register
Contributor at The Catholic Thing
Contributor at Washington Examiner
Contributor at The Catholic Herald
deputy commentary editor @dcexaminer
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2 weeks ago |
washingtonexaminer.com | Peter Laffin
Five years ago, I flew from Colorado to California for a quick getaway. As I walked past a TV screen in Orange County’s John Wayne Airport, I did a double-take. Sure enough, my neighborhood in Boulder was being filmed by a helicopter crew on CNN. A SWAT team had just climbed to the roof of King Soopers, the grocery store just four blocks from my house, in pursuit of an active shooter. I immediately called my brother, with whom I lived at the time.
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2 weeks ago |
washingtonexaminer.com | Peter Laffin
The most debilitating symptom of Trump Derangement Syndrome is impaired political judgment. Something about President Donald Trump‘s presence and popularity, and perhaps even his very existence, causes his opponents to malfunction and self-destruct. Perfectly intelligent people become like cats chasing laser pointers into walls. Seasoned politicians and operatives misread easy cues and miss wide-open lay-ups.
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3 weeks ago |
washingtonexaminer.com | Peter Laffin
A new study in the journal Nature Astronomy this week called into question the long-held assumption that the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies are on a collision course. The paper concluded that there was only a 2% probability of the two galaxies colliding in the next five billion years despite hurtling at one another at more than 223,600 mph.
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3 weeks ago |
washingtonexaminer.com | Peter Laffin
It’s easy to forget the roaring momentum that accompanied former Vice President Kamala Harris’s ascendance to the top of the Democratic ticket last summer. The entire Democratic machine kicked into gear to awesome effect. Hollywood showed out. Brat summer commenced. Time magazine featured a cover captioned “Her Moment,” with a close-up of Harris gazing aspirationally into a sea of placard-waving adorers.
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3 weeks ago |
washingtonexaminer.com | Peter Laffin
How do you know you’re on the wrong side of a political argument in a populist era? When you plead with your readers to donate money to Harvard. That’s just what journalist Matthew Yglesias did Thursday on his widely read Substack Slow Boring.
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With much sadness, we can now confirm that DFL House Leader Melissa Hortman and her husband have passed away after being targeted at their home. Pray for Minnesota. Pray for America. Pray for peace. Political violence is NEVER acceptable. https://t.co/dq8GDsaw0Z