Column: Beer without the buzz is starting to make noise
A couple of years ago, as my 20-something daughter was heading out to run some errands, I asked her to stop at the liquor store to get a six-pack of...
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Column: The dangerous rejection of school mask mandates
Sometime later God tested Abraham. He said to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am," he replied. Then God said, "Take your son, your only son, whom you love — Isaac —...
Column: Cuomo’s resignation and the limits of party loyalty
It's tempting to invoke Shakespeare in contemplating the surprising decision of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign. "Nothing in his life became him like the leaving of it," says...
Column: Do Disney princesses damage our daughters?
Americans made their break with kings, queens and other artifacts of royalty 246 years ago. The people of Britain still support their monarchy, but I suspect most of them, contemplating...
Column: Eviction moratorium deserves the heave-ho
Emergency situations can justify actions that would normally be inexcusable. The social order is not damaged if a lost hiker breaks into an unoccupied cabin to avoid freezing to death....
Column: The Capitol riot aftermath bodes ill for democracy
Someday, the past year or so may be remembered as a bout of temporary insanity among a large share of the American people. This group refused to take basic precautions...
Column: Hypocrisy on housing is a bipartisan scourge
Right now, selling a home is akin to selling beer on a troopship: Buyers are so eager they'll pay almost any amount. The median home sales price in the United...
Column: Political dysfunction keeps ‘Dreamers’ in purgatory
Someday, many years from now, historians will use the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program as a case study in the monumental dysfunction of American democracy in the early 21st...
Column: Democrats think a new civilian corps is what we need for the jobless. They’re wrong.
Nostalgia is an essential ingredient in class reunions, wedding anniversaries and Baseball Hall of Fame inductions. But it's a poor source of guidance for public policy. Often, rose-colored memories serve...
Column: Sending U.S. troops to Haiti is a bad idea — with no takers. Maybe we’ve learned our lesson.
When the president of Haiti was gunned down last week by a team of mercenaries, the country fell into even more turmoil than before, which is saying a lot. The...