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Will Washington Ever Learn? Apparently Not Nov. 28, 2017
The messiness of the long-proverbial "mess in Washington" stands out this post-holiday week like a p... Read More
Mike Pence Ready for Presidential Broadway Nov. 03, 2017
WASHINGTON — The honorable Mike Pence is my neighbor, living in the huge white Naval Observato... Read More
The Redistributionist Consensus in DC Nov. 01, 2017
What is the proper purpose of federal taxation? Is it to fund the constitutionally limited functions... Read More
Congress Poised to Bailout Insurers, Fleece Taxpayers Oct. 25, 2017
Democrats and some Republicans in Congress are pushing for a $10 billion a year payout to insurance ... Read More
The Vietnam War 2017 Sep. 16, 2017
Three aging U.S. veterans of the war in Vietnam, each of whom still bears the scars of battle, took ... Read More
Where Does It End? Aug. 22, 2017
When I was in high school, in the early 1960s, my family embarked on a car ride south — from N... Read More
The Devices We Depend On: How Social Is Social Media? Aug. 11, 2017
WASHINGTON — In our semisweet summer in the city, far from sandy Nantucket Island and grassy B... Read More
Quiet-ish Time in the City Of Power Aug. 08, 2017
Who weeps, who languishes, who darts anxious glances at the clock just about the time Congress goes ... Read More
Oops, Republicans Did It Again Aug. 03, 2017
Despite a mountain of historical evidence that the Republican Party doesn't seriously stand for smal... Read More
Miss Austen Still Rules -- and Gives Fresh Air to Washington Jul. 21, 2017
WASHINGTON — High July 2017 is a watermark for Jane Austen, who died in her sister's arms 200 ... Read More
The Tea Party Takes the Cake Jul. 14, 2017
I wore my best summer dress — bright yellow — to the tea party the 7-year-old girl in ou... Read More
Time for a Good Buddy Tale Jun. 18, 2017
WASHINGTON — Americans needed a good buddy movie after a deranged gunman targeted Republicans ... Read More
No Joy in Mudville -- and Washington Jun. 16, 2017
WASHINGTON — June 14. Mark it down as the day Donald Trump's outlandish presidency became too ... Read More
Are We Nearing Civil War? Jun. 13, 2017
President Trump may be chief of state, head of government and commander in chief, but his administra... Read More
Missing Kate O'Beirne Apr. 29, 2017
My adopted hometown of Washington has been accused, not always unfairly, of being a city full of sch... Read More
One (Restrained) Cheer for Washington Apr. 15, 2017
We've all heard the tiresome and discouraging refrain: Washington, our beautiful capital city, is br... Read More
Undermining Academic Achievement Mar. 01, 2017
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a statement, "The president's decision to ask Bets... Read More
The President and the Courts Feb. 09, 2017
Last week, in a public courtroom in the federal courthouse in Seattle, the states of Washington and ... Read More
2017: The Year Conservative Protests Are News Feb. 01, 2017
It shouldn't be considered remarkable that all three major broadcast networks offered a news story o... Read More
A Different Kind of Journalism Jan. 01, 2017
There is standard progression in the world where journalism and politics intersect. After years of r... Read More
