Albert R. Hunt
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Hunt: So far, Trump is a no-show in the fight against opioids
Donald Trump has done nothing but talk since his Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis issued a report on Nov. 1 filled with dire language and calls...

Hunt: Donald Trump’s re-election edge is greatly exaggerated
Doug Sosnik, who was an operative in the Clinton White House, recently suggested that Donald Trump is well-positioned for re-election. Here are five reasons to question his analysis.

Hunt: Tillerson never had a chance under Trump
His battle with his boss aside, it's impossible to defend Rex Tillerson's tenure. He has ignored or alienated much of the foreign service, and mid-career diplomats are leaving in droves.

Hunt: Yes, Donald Trump’s goal is to inflame racial tensions
Donald Trump's ongoing fight with professional athletes has one purpose: to inflame racial tensions.

Hunt: Democrats fret as Hillary Clinton book rollout looms
Democrats, reveling in President Donald Trump's plummeting popularity, are looking forward to September. Except for one thing: the rollout of Hillary Clinton's next book right after Labor Day.

Hunt: A hero of Watergate has some advice for Trump
Former deputy attorney general Bill Ruckelshaus knows White House skulduggery when he sees it, and he has some advice for President Donald Trump.

Hunt: Are the U.S. and China on a collision course for war?
Before settling in for pleasurable summer books, read Graham Allison's "Destined for War: Can American and China escape Thucydides's Trap?" A warning label: It's going to scare the hell out...

Hunt: The reason Republican senators weren’t smiling during Comey hearing
James Comey probably didn't change anybody's mind about President Donald Trump on Thursday, but he didn't do Trump any favors, either, raising fresh doubts about the president's integrity.

Hunt: You can’t overhype the special House election in Georgia
Everybody's hyperventilating about the national implications of this month's special House election in the suburbs of Atlanta -- and this time everybody's right.

Hunt: The danger of “defining deviancy down” in the age of Trump
President Trump's chronic lying, ignorance of history and policy, petty invective, racial demagoguery and personal greed somehow fall within the realm of the norm.