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Much as Trump Tries To Obstruct Jan. 6 Inquiry, Supreme Court Won't Play Along Jan. 21, 2022

Daily Editorials

During his single presidential term, Donald Trump had a penchant for referring to federal judges and... Read More

Biden's Speech Makes Clear Who's at Fault for Insurrection -- Donald Trump Jan. 07, 2022

Daily Editorials

President Joe Biden on Thursday gave probably the most forceful and assertive speech of his long pol... Read More

The Roots of Republican Insurrection Jan. 06, 2022

Joe Conason

With the passing of a year since the attempted coup and insurrection of January 2021, the question t... Read More

Term Limits Could Potentially Take the Heat Out of Supreme Court Confirmation Fights Oct. 20, 2021

Daily Editorials

The U.S. Supreme Court is broken. The Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court last week release... Read More

Nancy the Fifth Faces Her Agincourt Sep. 29, 2021

Jamie Stiehm

WASHINGTON — The House is a mess, a visitor might say, with a government shutdown looming at m... Read More

How Many Times Must McConnell Show Who He Is Before Some Democrats Believe Him? Jun. 21, 2021

Daily Editorials

So much for quaint notions of bipartisanship. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell this week blunt... Read More

Begin the Jan. 6 Investigation -- Now Jun. 11, 2021

Joe Conason

Framing his diplomatic visit to Europe within a broader historical mission, President Joe Biden righ... Read More

Ex-Speaker's Sort-Of Criticism Shows Bizarre Hold Trump Still Has Over the GOP Jun. 02, 2021

Daily Editorials

To hear Paul Ryan tell it, former President Donald Trump is a kind of political Lord Voldemort: He's... Read More

The Filibuster Fuels McConnell's Partisan Nihilism. It Should Go. May. 31, 2021

Daily Editorials

And so history repeats itself. During Barack Obama's first term as president, Mitch McConnell said b... Read More

Obstructionism Suggests GOP Has Something To Hide in Probe of Jan. 6 Attack Apr. 30, 2021

Daily Editorials

The invasion of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was of too much historical significance and legal importa... Read More

It's in Companies' Interest to Save the Democracy Apr. 20, 2021

Froma Harrop

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell had a warning for American business: "Our private sector must... Read More

Who Will Be the Next 'America First' President? Apr. 20, 2021

Patrick Buchanan

When President Joe Biden announced he would withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the 20th an... Read More

Corporations Must Make Their Voices Heard When GOP Stifles Democracy Apr. 12, 2021

Daily Editorials

Companies with headquarters or major interests in Georgia are winning plaudits from progressives for... Read More

Bring Back the Talking Filibuster Mar. 20, 2021

Corey Friedman

President Joe Biden wants to make the filibuster great again. Facing the prospect of legislative lo... Read More

Democrats Would Be Shortsighted To Nuke the Senate Filibuster Mar. 19, 2021

Josh Hammer

"You'll regret this, and you may regret this a lot sooner than you think," then-Senate Minority Lead... Read More

The Hypocrisy of the Filibuster Busters Mar. 19, 2021

David Harsanyi

The effort to undo the Senate's legislative filibuster is an un-American, Constitution-eroding, radi... Read More

The Elephant in the Room Mar. 04, 2021

Armstrong Williams

Americans should pause to talk about the gigantic elephant in the room: the continued political rele... Read More

The Elephant in the Room Mar. 04, 2021

Daily Editorials

Americans should pause to talk about the gigantic elephant in the room: the continued political rele... Read More

The GOP's Shameful War on Voters Mar. 03, 2021

Jim Hightower

As a general rule, I don't agree with Republican lawmakers, since they're generally wrong. But after... Read More