December 6, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Tulsi Gabbard, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to oversee the nation’s 18 intelligence agencies, is a woman of strong views, vigorously expressed. A former Bernie Sanders Democrat, she now says the Democratic Party is controlled by “an elitist cabal of warmongers “ that includes “rogue intelligence and law enforcement agents.” President… Read story
December 5, 2024, 6:01am Columns
For most Americans this election has brought exhaustion, divisiveness and, for many, fear and deep pain. After the election, Tom Nichols wrote in The Atlantic: “Americans must stay engaged and make their voices heard at every turn.” And Liz Cheney tweeted, “Citizens across this country … must now be the… Read story
December 5, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Did you see that former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, who lasted less than a Scaramucci as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to run the Justice Department, has a new side hustle? He’s now offering customized videos for a fee to fans on the website Cameo. Read story
December 4, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Will the U.S. ever elect a woman president? I first considered this question in a column I wrote in August 2016. Hillary Clinton, Yale-educated lawyer, former first lady, former senator from New York and former secretary of state, was running for president. Her opponent was a guy named Donald Trump,… Read story
December 4, 2024, 6:01am Columns
If U.S. economic growth is so good, then why does the Fed need to cut interest rates? Read story
December 3, 2024, 6:01am Columns
On the campaign trail, Donald Trump disavowed Project 2025. The post-election Donald Trump is humming a different tune. Read story
December 3, 2024, 6:01am Columns
It’s about time that some members of Congress began looking at ways to ease the extreme partisan sorting in that body, as well as to reform the nation’s voting methods. Read story
December 2, 2024, 6:01am Columns
I guess if millions of American voters can put a man famous for bragging about sexual assault back into the White House, it’s too much to expect his Cabinet appointments to be held to a higher standard. Read story
December 2, 2024, 6:01am Columns
When Ross Hunter took the helm of the state’s newly created Department of Children, Youth and Families in 2018, he had the advantage of stepping into a role that had never existed before. His assignment: head off problems that can send a kid’s life off track before they ever reach… Read story
December 2, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Between all the talk of fiscal commissions and efficiency agencies, it seems like the question of the day is how to make the U.S. government operate more proficiently. There is no shortage of ideas on what should be cut and by how much. Before any actions are taken, officials should… Read story
