WASHINGTON — We Americans believe in progress, and yet progress is often a double-edged sword. The benefits and adventures of change often vie with the shortcomings and ...
With Election Day one week from Tuesday, I wanted to take the national pulse from California, where I just spent a few days. I know what you’re thinking: California does...
The Vatican’s “extraordinary synod of bishops” concluded last weekend with the beatification of Pope Paul VI, an interim step on the road to sainthood.
But those who wer...
Reality has settled in: Thomas Eric Duncan’s fiancee doesn’t have Ebola. Neither do most of the first wave of people to come into contact with the virus’ first victim in...
WASHINGTON — The president is upset. Very upset. Frustrated and angry. Seething about the government’s handling of Ebola, said the front-page headline in the New York Ti...
The United States and its allies are no longer losing the war against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, and in the Middle East, that counts as progress.
In Syria, the...
In what may be a hopelessly quixotic effort, supporters of the federal Children’s Health Insurance Program are trying to persuade Congress to renew its funding almost a ...
When presidents become unpopular, they are no longer welcome on the campaign trail. They’re trapped in Washington, watching their party abandon them. It happened to Lynd...
If you’ve ever grumbled about paying for all those cable or satellite channels when you only watch a handful, last week brought good and potentially big news. Television...
The federal government’s five-star quality rating system for nursing homes has been scandalously easy for home operators to cheat by simply failing to report evidence of...
