August 7, 2022, 6:01am Columns
Even after 14 years, the wisdom remains fresh. Pearls such as “There are no ‘other people’s children’ in the United States of America.” Read story
August 7, 2022, 6:01am Columns
So much for that rumored big red conservative wave. Read story
August 5, 2022, 6:01am Columns
Many cat lovers argue that it is cruel to make felines stay indoors. I’m in the opposite camp. Read story
August 3, 2022, 6:01am Columns
As a consumer of arguably too much news in print and on various screens, it is a rare day when I’m not confronted by some pundit or talking head who can’t understand why Congress won’t pass a ban on assault weapons when the polls say the vast majority of Americans… Read story
August 2, 2022, 6:01am Columns
Consider these two recent shootings: Read story
August 1, 2022, 6:01am Columns
Recently, a bipartisan group of 16 U.S. senators agreed on a long-awaited proposal to fix the Electoral Count Act, the ramshackle 1887 law that then-President Donald Trump used to try to overturn the 2020 election. Read story
August 1, 2022, 6:01am Columns
If any Western leaders still nurse fantasies about talks with Vladimir Putin over the fate of Ukraine, Russia’s treatment of the historic port city of Odesa proves they are fools. Read story
August 1, 2022, 6:01am Columns
Modern school buildings support student achievement. But Washington’s reliance on local voter-approved funding for public school building projects has left some students relegated to buildings that are outdated, cramped and potentially unsafe. Read story
August 1, 2022, 6:01am Columns
It was 4 in the afternoon on March 10, 1991, when the first planned explosion of Saddam Hussein’s chemical weapons went off at the U.S. weapons depot in Khamisiyah, Iraq, and the first gray-white smoke cloud that would come to be called The Plume wafted skyward and drifted over the… Read story
July 31, 2022, 6:01am Columns
The shocking revelations of the Jan. 6 committee, and the news that Vice President Mike Pence’s top aides are testifying before a criminal grand jury investigating the matter, have given new urgency to the question of whether the Justice Department will try to prosecute the former president. Ultimately, that is… Read story