July 11, 2024, 6:01am Columns
At a recent news conference, U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken stood shoulder to shoulder with NATO’s secretary general to deliver a sweeping vision. Read story
July 10, 2024, 6:01am Columns
In the fire hose of news last week, the airlifts are an image that needs more attention. Read story
July 9, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Walking through Roger Williams Park in Providence, R.I., I came upon a moss-covered monolith listing the Ten Commandments. This was some time ago, but knowing the objections then being made to placing religious artifacts in public places, I thought, “This stone won’t be here for long.” Read story
July 8, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Among the many rulings the Supreme Court handed down this term, a decision on so-called Chevron deference could prove especially consequential. The question at issue was whether the courts or government agencies should determine the meaning of ambiguous laws. The new ruling unsettles a 40-year-old understanding by shifting some of… Read story
July 8, 2024, 6:01am Columns
‘It’s the nouns that go first.” Read story
July 8, 2024, 6:01am Columns
‘With fear for our democracy,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor concludes in her brilliant dissent in Trump v. United States, “I dissent.” Read story
July 8, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Hey, cheer up: The news is not all bad. Read story
July 8, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Before announcing the outcome of last week’s Supreme Court decision in Corner Post Inc. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Justice Amy Coney Barrett joked that it wasn’t the case the multitude had packed the courtroom to hear. And with the presidential immunity decision being handed down… Read story
July 8, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Democratic leaders are trying to contain the political damage after President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance accentuated concerns that doubts about his age will destroy an otherwise winnable race against Donald Trump. Read story
July 6, 2024, 6:01am Columns
For military families stationed in the Pacific Northwest, an assigned base doesn’t often double as home. Most service members — roughly 3 in 4 at Joint-Base Lewis-McChord, the region’s largest installation — bring their families to live in surrounding communities. They face the same sticker shock as anyone living here… Read story
