January 5, 2019, 6:01am Columns
One by one they leap — or are pushed — from the foundering USS Trump, each offering a variation of the same plea: Don’t blame me. Read story
January 4, 2019, 6:01am Columns
The field of candidates for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination is starting to form, with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., announcing Monday that she has launched a campaign “exploratory committee” — the same step that former housing and urban development secretary Julian Castro took earlier in December. Spoiler alert: Exploratory committees… Read story
January 3, 2019, 6:01am Columns
Despite the myth of the monolithic Hispanic voting bloc whose sole concern is immigration, more than a decade of data has shown that education, health care, jobs and the economy have been the most pressing issues on Latinos’ minds. Read story
January 2, 2019, 6:01am Columns
When Seattle politicians passed a big tax on soda and other sugary drinks, there was worry at the time that the tax was too big. Read story
January 1, 2019, 6:01am Columns
I was arrested for having nunchucks in New York. I’m glad the law was overturned. Read story
December 31, 2018, 6:01am Columns
Should old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind? Read story
December 30, 2018, 6:01am Columns
San Clemente, Calif., in 1978 was the Elba of America. I went there fresh out of college for a job working as a researcher for David Eisenhower, which quickly became a job as an editorial assistant to former President Richard M. Nixon, who had finished his memoirs and moved on… Read story
December 30, 2018, 6:01am Columns
President Trump’s decision to withdraw all U.S. forces from Syria is already having unintended consequences. The U.S. departure could lead to the release of 1,100 Islamic State fighters now held in detention camps in northeastern Syria — creating a dangerous new terrorist threat to the West. Read story
December 30, 2018, 6:01am Columns
Human nature being as it is, every decade or two someone has to write a book to set us straight and cheer us up. People all too readily overlook astonishing improvements as they rapidly become parts of daily life, and swallow uncritically assertions that disaster waits right around the corner. Read story
December 30, 2018, 6:01am Columns
I have some New Year’s resolutions I want various politicians and other officials to make, and so I imagined a stage, dreamed about their getting together and uttering chosen words, and noticed President Donald Trump speaking up. Read story
