Oh, be quiet. So, so many voices right now are talking about a Supreme Court vacancy and whether it will be filled by a liberal or a conservative, a secular personality or a religious believer, a Democrat or a Republican, and all of that is beside the point.
The passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg gives conservatives and Republicans what they claim to have wanted since judicial activism became the norm in the 1960s.
Late in the fourth year of the Trump presidency, the United States is confronting a far more dangerous war than the “forever wars” he says he is ending.
There was a time in America, unknown or not experienced by people under the age of 50, when politics was a contact sport played with mostly accepted rules and the equivalent of “sportsmanship.” Losers would graciously concede and wish the victor well, in most cases vowing to work with him or…
Dear Dave: I’m having a hard time saving money. Do you have any practical advice for saving when you have an average income? — Nikki
SEATTLE — If you are at all claustrophobic, seeing nothing but white smoke from the windows is unsettling. If you go outside, even a precious N95 mask unearthed from a dusty pile of paint cans and brushes is insufficient. Your lungs hurt. Your eyes burn.
On hearing that President Donald Trump sat for 18 interviews with Bob Woodward of The Washington Post my first reaction was “what the ... .” Why Woodward?
It's tough to maintain an air of mystery in the year of "I can't breathe," a mantra for protests over racist police brutality that could also apply to the almost 200,000 Americans who have died from COVID-19.
The cable networks, including Fox News, could talk of little else Labor Day weekend but the Atlantic magazine piece by Jeffrey Goldberg alleging President Donald Trump had said Americans who have died in wars are “losers” and “suckers.” The comments allegedly were made two years ago during t…
Dear Dave: I know it may be early to talk about Christmas, but do you have any advice on saving for the holiday season? — Carlie
It turns out that Trumpers were right. Donald Trump has handled the economy much as he ran his businesses.
About halfway through lockdown, I deleted Facebook and Twitter from my iPhone.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reports the American government will soon reach a debt level equaling its entire gross domestic product. It will be the largest since 1945, the year World War II ended.
Something has clearly shifted in this country.
The ouster of Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr. over allegations of sexual misconduct and other behavior that falls short of the university’s code of conduct — not to mention Scripture — is another in a long list of object lessons each generation of Christians seems to have to l…
The ouster of Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr. over allegations of sexual misconduct and other behavior that falls short of the university's code of conduct — not to mention Scripture — is another in a long list of object lessons each generation of Christians seems to have to l…
SEC football makes its long-awaited return this weekend. The big question on everyone’s mind: Will the revised 10-game season be completed?
Teaching history presents an almost unique difficulty: Every day, there is more of it.
One cannot point to any one weather event with certainty and say, “Global warming did that.” But one can look at the accumulation of increasin…
I am neither Democrat nor Republican, but I am a 23-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force.
At a meeting of the Royal Geographical Society of London, the Earthwatch Institute debate ended with bees declared the the most important spec…
The top two executives in the nation mostly refuse to wear face masks in public, modeling the opposite of the behavior that the overwhelming m…
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