July 26, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Never has an NCAA Sports Day been so widely and breathlessly covered as it was on Monday. And never has it been clearer that Vice President Kamala Harris, now the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, did not just fall out of a coconut tree. Read story
July 25, 2024, 6:01am Columns
American politics these days almost makes you want to hide out in your basement, avoiding, for instance, a televised debate in which President Joe Biden took on former President Donald Trump with an indecipherable jumble of words making just one point, namely that he had no idea what he was… Read story
July 24, 2024, 6:01am Columns
For some 4.8 million Washington voters, the most confusing ballot of the past four years probably arrived in the mail last week. If not, it likely will arrive this week. Read story
July 23, 2024, 6:01am Columns
I’m sure it doesn’t feel this way to President Joe Biden now, given the fighter he is, but stepping down was the right thing for him to do. Read story
July 22, 2024, 6:01am Columns
In a sharp deviation from what the Founders intended, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on July 1 that presidents enjoy absolute immunity from prosecution for official acts conducted in the execution of their duties, a precedent that dramatically expands the power of the nation’s highest office. Read story
July 22, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Barack Obama looms large, but less. Read story
July 22, 2024, 6:01am Columns
In the polls of Washington voters, it’ll come as no surprise that Democrats are ahead. Read story
July 22, 2024, 6:01am Columns
With the arrival of the summer travel season, airports and airlines are experiencing unprecedented passenger volumes, which means that most flights are filled or near capacity. This trend of higher passenger volume will not abate anytime soon. Read story
July 22, 2024, 6:01am Columns
If you don’t think the interest on the federal debt is a problem, try this quick exercise. Grab your pay stub for June and see how much you paid in federal income tax, then realize that over 75 percent of that was effectively your contribution to interest on the debt… Read story
July 22, 2024, 6:01am Columns
The initial impulse on reading Judge Aileen Cannon’s pseudo-scholarly 93-page dismissal of the classified documents case against Donald Trump is to list the legal errors and overreaches that demonstrate its brazenness and likelihood of being reversed. Read story
