July 27, 2024, 6:01am Columns
President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders wrote in a recent op-ed that there’s “no rational reason” why Americans pay the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs — almost three times more than their peers overseas, according to a recent analysis. Read story
July 27, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Donald Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was the biggest corporate tax cut in U.S. history. How did it affect the economy? The question has taken on increased importance now that the former president has said that, if he defeats President Joe Biden, he’d like to reduce corporate taxes… Read story
July 27, 2024, 6:01am Columns
What follows here assumes that Kamala Harris carries out her stated intention to “earn the nomination” and not pretend that the crown is only in the shop. This gives her an opportunity to craft her image as a centrist with a spine, the sort of Democrat who can win national… Read story
July 27, 2024, 6:01am Columns
President Joe Biden’s abrupt withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race raised more questions than it provided answers. Here are some: Read story
July 26, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Never has an NCAA Sports Day been so widely and breathlessly covered as it was on Monday. And never has it been clearer that Vice President Kamala Harris, now the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, did not just fall out of a coconut tree. Read story
July 25, 2024, 6:01am Columns
American politics these days almost makes you want to hide out in your basement, avoiding, for instance, a televised debate in which President Joe Biden took on former President Donald Trump with an indecipherable jumble of words making just one point, namely that he had no idea what he was… Read story
July 24, 2024, 6:01am Columns
For some 4.8 million Washington voters, the most confusing ballot of the past four years probably arrived in the mail last week. If not, it likely will arrive this week. Read story
July 23, 2024, 6:01am Columns
I’m sure it doesn’t feel this way to President Joe Biden now, given the fighter he is, but stepping down was the right thing for him to do. Read story
July 22, 2024, 6:01am Columns
In a sharp deviation from what the Founders intended, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on July 1 that presidents enjoy absolute immunity from prosecution for official acts conducted in the execution of their duties, a precedent that dramatically expands the power of the nation’s highest office. Read story
July 22, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Barack Obama looms large, but less. Read story
