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Mueller Bumbles. Networks Grumble Jul. 24, 2019
Everything Robert Mueller does has been breathlessly promoted by the media for two years. Even now, ... Read More
Longing for Grace and Poise Jul. 18, 2019
Last Sunday, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic played 4 hours and 57 minutes, the longest Wimbledon s... Read More
Minimum Wage Laws Are a Terrible Idea Jul. 17, 2019
Democrats in Congress have again brought the minimum wage to the national political stage. Legislati... Read More
Bigotry, Misogyny in U.S. Border Patrol Merits Congressional Probe Jul. 08, 2019
Democrats are calling for the firing of Border Patrol agents who posted vulgar images of Rep. Alexan... Read More
Chief Justice Wisely Gets Courts out of Redistricting Politics Jul. 05, 2019
"Partisan gerrymandering is nothing new," writes Chief Justice John Roberts near the beginning of hi... Read More
Is the Grand Old Party Almost Over? Jun. 26, 2019
WASHINGTON — Is it too early to write the obituary for the Republican Party? I ask because id... Read More
Biden Apologizes for the Wrong Thing Jun. 23, 2019
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden backtracked on the wrong old thing. Earlier this month, the former vic... Read More
The Moral Cowards of Twitter Jun. 21, 2019
Here's a thought experiment for you: Your government, the one your tax dollars fund, is systematical... Read More
Auto Forecast Should Guide Trump's Trade Policy Jun. 21, 2019
The domestic automobile industry has been chugging along so nicely over the past decade that we've a... Read More
German Pensioner Thinks She's Being Cheated By US Social Security Jun. 19, 2019
Q: I am 66 years old. Even though I am now a U.S. citizen, I spent the first 30 years of my adult li... Read More
Remove Big Tech's Boot From Neck of Local News Jun. 19, 2019
The decline of the news industry is not entirely the fault of Apple, Facebook, Google and Amazon, bu... Read More
Is Health Care More Important Than Health Care Profits? Jun. 19, 2019
Last year, Donald Trump said something stupid. OK, nothing astonishing about that — just anoth... Read More
Mr. Stewart Takes On Washington Jun. 17, 2019
Mr. Stewart went to Washington. Once as an actor 70 years ago, and Tuesday as a real-life citizen fi... Read More
The Sad Lesson of Jon Stewart's Valiant Speech Jun. 13, 2019
Jon Stewart is best known as a comedian and former host of "The Daily Show." Virtually all talk show... Read More
Senate Leader's Obstructionism Is Preventing Mere Debate, Much Less Action Jun. 12, 2019
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he won't be taking up a House bill addressing the dilemm... Read More
Short Takes on Unlikely GOP-Democrat Pairings Jun. 10, 2019
Thunder on K Street Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ted Cruz teaming up to push for lobbying ... Read More
From 'Impeach' to 'Lock Him Up!' Jun. 09, 2019
WASHINGTON — "Lock her up," of course, is a chant beloved by President Donald Trump's fan base... Read More
Numbers Betray Export-Import Bank Advocates Jun. 06, 2019
It's amazing what can be done to a cause in a mere four years. Back in 2015, there was widespread ag... Read More
Mueller Slow to Speak Jun. 03, 2019
Special counsel Robert Mueller broke his long silence Wednesday, telling a news conference his two-y... Read More
A Farewell to My Readers May. 31, 2019
In 1987, I wrote my first weekly column, carried at the time by only two newspapers. Today, I write ... Read More
