June 20, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Former president Donald Trump has turned our justice system on its head. If he is convicted of various felonies, the question isn’t whether we should send him to prison, but, rather, how do we avoid doing so and still maintain the integrity of our system? Read story
June 19, 2023, 6:01am Columns
This Juneteenth is the 10th anniversary of the unveiling of Frederick Douglass’s bronze statue in the United States Capitol. As we reflect on his well-earned place in our history, we have to ask: What makes him one of the great Americans? Read story
June 19, 2023, 6:01am Columns
‘I will appoint a real special prosecutor to go after the most corrupt president in the history of the United States of America, Joe Biden, and the entire Biden crime family,” Donald Trump announced Tuesday night at his golf club after his indictment. Read story
June 19, 2023, 6:01am Columns
This week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken travels to Beijing — the latest, welcome effort by Washington to inject stability into a dangerously fraught U.S.-China relationship. Read story
June 19, 2023, 6:01am Columns
The rationale behind keeping adolescents and young adults in juvenile facilities for crimes they committed as minors is on-target. Research consistently shows that locking young people in prison does not create the behavior changes society seeks. Read story
June 19, 2023, 6:01am Columns
The “nothing matters” theory of politics is on my mind again. It wasn’t put there just by the tumultuous events in national politics, but by a local poll. Read story
June 19, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Out of the miasma of Republican denial, a bold truth teller has emerged. Read story
June 17, 2023, 6:01am Columns
There are tens of millions of conservatives in the U.S. For American democracy to succeed, they need a political party that productively channels their aspirations, represents their ideologies, mediates their conflicts and functions in accord with democratic values and the rule of law. Read story
June 17, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Ever since he was named chair of the House Judiciary Committee, U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan has shown his affinity toward McCarthy. That would be Sen. Joseph McCarthy, not the current U.S. House speaker. Read story
June 17, 2023, 6:01am Columns
When state lawmakers finally agreed about a month ago on a strategy for the drug crisis, it signaled, for most of Washington, the end of two years of uncertainty and intense debate on this impossible issue. Read story
