July 12, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Slowly but steadily, the willful self-extermination of the Republican Party is proceeding apace — as most of the famous names of the no-longer-Grand Old Party are still afraid to tell their true believers the truth about their last president’s 2020 election lies. Read story
July 11, 2023, 6:01am Columns
No terrain is more difficult to defend than the moral high ground. As a rule, however, America has done a decent job of it. We are not the sort of people who use torture, nuclear weapons or cluster munitions. Unless we need to. Read story
July 10, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Hope can be elusive. Fleeting. It can feel like it’s taunting you — rising one moment, then slipping into the dark without warning. Read story
July 10, 2023, 6:01am Columns
A string of positive economic news — slowing inflation, an upward revision in gross domestic product, continued strength in the job market, signs of a nascent surge in factory construction — has the Biden administration going all out to define “Bidenomics” as the doctrine of our time. Read story
July 10, 2023, 6:01am Columns
The Supreme Court just acted to get rid of decades-long practices at colleges and universities that have been an illegal, unconstitutional, unprincipled means of discriminating against qualified applicants wanting entry as students. Some instead granted admission in accordance with skin color, which happened in this case to be Black, the… Read story
July 10, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Despite differences on abortion and Ukraine, most members of the large Republican presidential field have generally followed former President Donald Trump’s lead in roundly condemning President Joe Biden. Read story
July 10, 2023, 6:01am Columns
As we celebrated the Fourth of July with hot dogs and fireworks, mourners gathered at Kyiv’s famous St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Cathedral. They were paying last respects to one of Ukraine’s most noted young writers. Read story
July 8, 2023, 6:02am Columns
Six months into her first term as a congresswoman, into weekly commutes between Washington, D.C., and Skamania County, into hosting town halls and responding to constituents and considering weighty legislative matters, Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is relying on a bit of home-spun wisdom. Read story
July 8, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Remember after the last presidential election, when even here in blue Washington, scores of Republicans sued contending that the election had been stolen? Read story
July 8, 2023, 6:01am Columns
For the first time since the pandemic, the Paris Air Show returned to Le Bourget last month with a focus on air travel’s next great challenge: sustainability. Read story
