October 14, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Dick Butkus left us Oct. 5 at age 80. I knew him in the fourth quarter of his distinguished life. Read story
October 13, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Israelis have likened the brutal assault from Gaza to the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. “At Dawn We Slept” was a title of a book about that intelligence failure. As Israel investigates the complacency that left it open to a bloody invasion, Americans must ask themselves, Are we also sleeping? Read story
October 11, 2023, 6:01am Columns
“The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers …” Read story
October 10, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Holding hands with their ideological kin, Democrats have lately been doing everything unimaginable to wreck America — turning a helter-skelter border crisis into a national crisis through laxity, encouraging death, theft and destruction through unattended crime outbursts and putting knotty psychology ahead of education in public schools, for instance. Read story
October 9, 2023, 6:01am Columns
It’s difficult to summon much sympathy for former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who lost his dream job Tuesday when eight Republican dissidents turned on him. Although the California Republican did the right thing last week in supporting a measure to avert a government shutdown that received bipartisan support, his record… Read story
October 9, 2023, 6:01am Columns
The news this past week on the homelessness front is that some cities across the West are banding together to try to more aggressively tackle the vexing issue of urban encampments. “In Rare Alliance, Democrats and Republicans Seek Legal Power to Clear Homeless Camps,” was how The New York Times… Read story
October 9, 2023, 6:01am Columns
In early August, on a bluff above the ocean in Baja California, two of my favorite people took their wedding vows at dusk. Read story
October 9, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Nearly four years into America’s learning-loss crisis, perhaps the biggest challenge facing the country’s schools is a basic one: getting students to show up. Rates of absenteeism have surged since the start of the pandemic, across nearly all regions, income levels and age groups. Read story
October 9, 2023, 6:01am Columns
In recent days, the country has been subjected to a chilling preview of what MAGA rule would look like if Donald Trump returns to power, as America’s allies looked on in shock while its enemies had good reason to cheer. Read story
October 7, 2023, 6:01am Columns
An appeaser, as Winston Churchill memorably suggested, is someone who feeds a crocodile in hopes that it will eat him last. Read story
