Column: Georgia delivers a victory for moderation
In recent years, the American political system has featured a clash of extremes. Republicans moved so sharply to the right that even past presidential nominees Mitt Romney and John McCain...
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Column: The pandemic has been a national test. We flunked.
Over the past century, there have been times when Americans showed they could unite to overcome formidable challenges: winning World War II, sending men to the moon, bringing down Soviet...
Column: The ‘Dreamers’ are still waiting for their nightmare to end
In 2001, two U.S. senators introduced the DREAM Act, to let immigrants brought here without authorization as children remain in the country. Democrat Dick Durbin of Illinois and Republican Orrin...
Column: How America shaped Christmas, and how Christmas shapes us
With its gaudy displays, rampant excess, celebratory spirit and high price tag, Christmas is a thoroughly American holiday. But it could also be called an un-American holiday that thoroughly infiltrated...
Column: What’s wrong with Biden’s ‘identity politics’?
In 1980, a presidential candidate pledged to appoint the first woman to the Supreme Court. "It is time for a woman to sit among our highest jurists," said Ronald Reagan,...
Column: White supremacists should have First Amendment protection
The advantage of living under the First Amendment is that it allows you to speak, write and worship as you please. But there's also a problem with living under the...
Column: Republicans bowing to Trump are undermining American democracy
The collapse of the Soviet Union, one of the most momentous events of the 20th century, contributed to a historic flowering of democracy. People who had been in the suffocating...
Column: Oregon makes the case for decriminalizing hard drugs
In the aftermath of the November election, public attention focused on the sudden termination of Donald Trump's presidency. Largely overlooked was a development that could begin to shut down another...
Column: What liberals get wrong on student loan forgiveness
College-educated voters have shifted to the Democratic Party in recent years, and Democratic leaders think it would be ungenerous not to reward their change of heart. Joe Biden wants to...
Column: Donald Trump is the superspreader president
Judicial nominations normally have an impact on real-world events only in the long run, but Amy Coney Barrett's was different. The October White House ceremony announcing her selection had rapid...