December 31, 2021, 6:01am Columns
If you spend even a small amount of time scanning social media or watching cable news, the world still seems like a pretty grim place. Read story
December 30, 2021, 6:01am Columns
If Joe Biden takes office, there’ll be a “depression the likes of which you’ve never seen,” Donald Trump warned a month before he lost the 2020 presidential election. It didn’t happen. Read story
December 29, 2021, 6:01am Columns
The year started with such great hopes. After all, 2020 was so bad, its replacement had to be better, right? Read story
December 27, 2021, 6:01am Columns
Ben Affleck, the movie star and avid gambler who has struggled with alcohol addiction, is one of sports gambling’s most visible pitchmen. He’s center stage in a TV ad for the mobile wagering app WynnBET. “We all want to win. Let’s win together!” Affleck exclaims. Read story
December 27, 2021, 6:01am Columns
For a quite a while, progressives were calling our country’s painful inflation mild and “transitory,” meaning it would last just a yawn or two and be gone. Relax, enjoy yourself, put up with policies that just maybe strike you as insane and vote for congressional Democrats, we were told. Read story
December 27, 2021, 6:01am Columns
A team of four doctors, experts in infectious diseases at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, are sounding a warning about Americans who remain most vulnerable to COVID-19 — those with existing health conditions or the immunosuppressed. Read story
December 27, 2021, 6:01am Columns
When I first heard the rumblings that Donald Trump could become the next speaker of the House, I rolled my eyes. Read story
December 27, 2021, 6:01am Columns
The last “normal” Christmas, December 2019, was the last time I saw my grandma. She was years into an Alzheimer’s diagnosis, and she had to be moved to an assisted living facility soon after the holidays. COVID made it next to impossible to visit. Read story
December 26, 2021, 6:01am Columns
A lack of affordable housing has complicated the fight to end homelessness in large and small communities around Washington. Read story
December 26, 2021, 6:01am Columns
This is the season for giving to charities — and maybe throwing your money away. Read story
