When last we suggested back in summer that raising the fuel tax was a good idea, the average national price of regular gasoline stood near $3.60 a gallon. On Tuesday, th...
First impressions suggest the Republicans in control of Congress aren’t ready to put aside partisanship and govern if it means making peace with President Obama, who is ...
When it comes to health care policy, Republicans are known more by what they oppose than by what they support. Americans are familiar with their fierce resistance to pol...
WASHINGTON — The dustup over “dynamic scoring” is a small indicator of the routine irrelevancy of Washington’s budget debate. Instead of facing the real issues — how muc...
The earthquake that rocked Haiti five years ago brought unimaginable death and destruction. It’s aftermath generated unforeseen compassion and largesse.
Billions in fore...
The triumphant Republican class of 2014 formally took control of both halves of Congress last week, and here’s what it has changed so far: not much.
The new GOP majority...
The United States has climbed out of the Great Recession, but we need to keep creating good jobs. U.S. manufacturers are doing their part — hiring 740,000 additional wor...
The irony illustrated on the pages of last Monday’s New York Times was almost too delicious.
Harvard University professors — an elite group of academics with a collectiv...
WASHINGTON — For 32 years I’ve been advocating a major tax on petroleum. I’ve got as much chance this time around as did Don Quixote with windmills. But I shall tilt my ...
Satellite-TV operator Dish Network announced plans this week to deliver a stripped-down, low-priced version of its service through the Internet. With a growing number of...
