January 23, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Here is a simple word problem. Read story
January 22, 2023, 6:02am Columns
If you are neither a lawyer nor an economist nor somebody who is likely to earn a $250,000 profit from the sale of stocks in a given year, the kerfuffle over Washington’s capital gains tax might be confusing. Read story
January 22, 2023, 6:01am Columns
China’s shrinking population, we are told, poses an economic threat to that country, as well as an economic drag for us. Read story
January 22, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Joe Biden’s White House won’t call it a crisis, but it’s not exactly nothing either. Just ask Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and New York’s mayor, Eric Adams. Read story
January 22, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Many things are needed to sustain local news outlets in Washington. Read story
January 22, 2023, 6:01am Columns
A large part of the appeal that enabled Joe Biden to win the presidency was his promise to end the Trump administration’s often disruptive practices and restore normalcy to Washington. Read story
January 20, 2023, 6:01am Columns
There were a lot of losers in the recent GOP clown show. Hardliners in the Republican caucus lost because they failed in their goal of defeating Kevin McCarthy. Moderates lost because McCarthy gave so much away in appeasing his opponents. And McCarthy himself lost, even though he won, because he… Read story
January 19, 2023, 6:01am Columns
When I worked on Reuters’ business desk, we weren’t allowed to parrot press releases reporting that earnings soared 100 percent from the year before. Read story
January 18, 2023, 6:01am Columns
The opening day of the 2023 legislative session had a feeling of that first day of school after summer vacation as lawmakers returned in person to deal with the problems of the state — or as some will no doubt claim by the end of the session, exacerbate them. Read story
January 17, 2023, 6:01am Columns
According to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s grand plan, this was to be the hard winter that would break Ukraine and divide its allies in the West. Read story
