Column: Critical race theory, and Mike Pompeo’s cynical lies
One of the many aggravating ills of the era of Donald Trump is having our intelligence constantly insulted. It is one thing to have spirited debate on divisive issues. It's...
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Column: Afghanistan and Cuba show the limits of US power
If you've ever been on a date with someone who got up to go to the restroom and never came back, you know how Afghan officers at Bagram Airfield felt...
Column: Former Attorney General Bill Barr adds to his disgrace
Anyone who serves as attorney general of the United States owes a huge debt to the predecessors who upheld the rule of law while protecting the Justice Department from politicization....
Op-ed: A university meets vaccine resistance
From the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans have been yearning for the bygone life they once took for granted. But many of those most impatient to return to normal...
Column: A Supreme Court ruling on gay rights upholds pluralism
In its Thursday decision letting a Catholic agency decline to place foster children with same-sex couples, the Supreme Court analyzed the First Amendment, state law and judicial precedents. But what...
Column: What Joe Manchin knows that progressives don’t
The 2010 Senate candidate was almost a caricature of the sort of Republican who drives Democrats crazy. He bragged about his endorsement by the National Rifle Association, criticized Obamacare and...
Column: Why I’m not (very) worried about inflation
For a long time, inflation has been the phantom of the American economy: often expected but never seen. But the latest Consumer Price Index, which showed that prices rose by...
Column: Draft registration for women? The Supreme Court stands down
To everything there is a season, and in a season when the Supreme Court will decide many important questions, the justices have recognized an important truth: When it comes to...
Column: Kamala Harris and the worsening job of vice president
Kamala Harris has been vilified by critics on the right, but the people who may end up detesting her most are not conservatives or even contemporaries. They are future vice...
Column: Finally, free agency for college athletes
A lot of young people enroll at a university they think will suit their needs but later realize they've made a mistake — maybe because of costs, maybe because of...