October 27, 2019, 6:01am Columns
What can you say about a political party that argues endlessly about how much they’d have to raise middle-class taxes to pay for a leading candidate’s proposal? Elizabeth Warren has run herself — and much of the Democratic Party — into this political ditch. Read story
October 27, 2019, 6:01am Columns
There are political moments, and this might be one, in which worse is better. Moments, that is, when a society’s per capita quantity of conspicuous stupidity is so high and public manners are so low that a critical mass of people are jolted into saying “enough, already.” Looking on the… Read story
October 27, 2019, 6:01am Columns
The autopsies in the death of the Boeing way now are coming as fast as the lawsuits. Read story
October 27, 2019, 6:01am Columns
The times call for us to sprinkle impeachment references in our conversations. Let’s assume the era of “fake news” is over (although nobody told Donald Trump), so we need to make sure little impeachment bon mots we distribute like after-dinner mints are accurate. Read story
October 27, 2019, 6:01am Columns
‘The king can do no wrong.” That is the ancient legal maxim used to explain why a sovereign should not be held to account for misdeeds. President Trump and his lawyers are now making arguments that make this legal doctrine look wimpy. Their vision boils down to: The king can… Read story
October 26, 2019, 6:01am Columns
He was straight out of Foggy Bottom central casting. Read story
October 25, 2019, 6:00am Columns
Last week’s viral photograph of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pointing her finger at President Trump and reading him the riot act reflected a larger reality: If Trump won’t responsibly lead the nation, Pelosi will. Read story
October 24, 2019, 6:01am Columns
As the 2020 election comes into sharper focus, one issue that seems to animate both sides — the Supreme Court — is once again taking center stage. Read story
October 23, 2019, 6:01am Columns
There’s a Washington city that starts with an “S” that has municipal elections this year, where solutions to homelessness — or the lack thereof — have been controversial, where the questions of experience versus new blood are being raised and businesses are spending a boatload of money on their preferred… Read story
October 22, 2019, 6:01am Columns
I think it was last Thanksgiving that a bright young family member told me about his fear that President Donald Trump would start World War III. Read story
