President Barack Obama said all the right things Sunday about immigration reform. The president told NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he is serious about getting Congress to ...
WASHINGTON — Connoisseurs of democratic decadence can savor a variety of contemporary dystopias. Because familiarity breeds banality, Greece has become a boring horror. ...
WASHINGTON — The “fiscal cliff” is a massive failure of presidential leadership. The tedious and technical negotiations are but a subplot in a larger drama. Government c...
WASHINGTON — It is comforting to think of death as a passing rather than an end. In that vein, I prefer to think of Steve Jobs’ final words as editorial commentary: “Oh ...
WASHINGTON — While accusing the Supreme Court’s conservative justices of “disdain for democracy,” Pamela S. Karlan proves herself talented at dispensing disdain. The Sta...
WASHINGTON — Anyone who writes a column always has second thoughts: columns you wrote but wish you hadn’t; things you said that you might now modify or things you wish y...
WASHINGTON — At the end of this year in which election results reinserted immigration into the political conversation, remember that 2012 is the 150th anniversary of “th...
On the same day 27 women and children were massacred in Newtown, Conn., a man stabbed 22 children at a school in China. The Chinese children all survived.
So much for th...
One of the most popular benefits of Medicare is the Part D prescription drug program, which enables seniors and the disabled to buy taxpayer-subsidized coverage for many...
WASHINGTON — Let’s not smother the shale-gas boom. It is the crown jewel of the disappointing economic recovery. Why tamper with success? Yet, there are those who argue ...
