June 30, 2023, 6:01am Columns
I knew this day would come. Still, I wasn’t prepared for the dark, psychic wallop it would deliver. Read story
June 30, 2023, 6:01am Columns
It’s no secret that American political discourse has been dogpaddling in a sea of irrelevance. Read story
June 29, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Russian President Vladimir Putin is damaged goods. He may have survived the weekend mutiny by Yevgeny Prigozhin and his Wagner Group of mercenaries. In reacting as he did, though, Putin not only made himself even weaker, but planted the idea of his impotence in the minds of Russians and the… Read story
June 27, 2023, 6:01am Columns
As a person who has always paid taxes on time, I was initially angered when hearing Hunter Biden was getting a plea deal on two charges of not paying his taxes on time. Read story
June 27, 2023, 6:01am Columns
When Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken went to Beijing last week to try to repair the frayed relationship between the United States and China, both sides kept expectations low. Read story
June 26, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Charter school advocates have dedicated decades to developing free, accessible options in the public school landscape that give low-income students and students of color the opportunity they deserve to learn and succeed. Read story
June 26, 2023, 6:01am Columns
In the last three years, Republicans in two dozen states passed laws limiting voting in the name of preventing alleged voter fraud. At the same time, nine GOP-run states have withdrawn from the only national agency that is preventing fraud by cleansing voter rolls. Read story
June 26, 2023, 6:01am Columns
The slow decline of the United States Congress continues. The latest example is a practice that has helped individual senators wield disproportionate influence: the “hold.” Once a justifiable way for senators to bring attention to a problem or issue germane to their state, senators are increasingly using the hold as… Read story
June 26, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Pivotal moments in war and peace come when least expected. And that’s just the way things worked out in 1967 — long after America had cautiously backed itself into the quicksand of Vietnam. Read story
June 24, 2023, 6:02am Columns
As dog whistles go, this was a siren. Read story
