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Attorney General William Barr looks on as President Donald Trump speaks at the White House on Nov. 26, 2019.

Column: Quit now, Attorney General William Barr. Why put off the inevitable?

February 19, 2020 at 2:51 p.m.

William Barr is reported to be considering resignation. Last week the attorney general publicly rebuked Donald Trump for tweeting about Justice Department matters, such as the sentencing of Roger Stone,...

President Donald Trump talks with reporters on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020, at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland before boarding Air Force One. Trump announced that he had commuted the prison sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

Column: In Donald Trump’s world, the big shots get out early

February 19, 2020 at 1:38 p.m.

Irving Kristol, a New York intellectual and youthful communist who became a guru of the American right, once defined a neoconservative as "a liberal who has been mugged by reality."...

Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker, left, and owner Jim Crane answer questions during a news conference at FITTEAM Ballpark of The Palm Beaches in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Feb. 13, 2020.

Column: The Astros’ apology? Not accepted

February 14, 2020 at 10:00 a.m.

The Houston Astros have gotten a lot of criticism lately, but they may also have a business opportunity. They could work out a marketing promotion with Reese's, maker of those...

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks to supporters at a primary night election rally in New Hampshire on Feb. 11.

Column: On foreign policy, Bernie Sanders is the best

February 12, 2020 at 3:46 p.m.

Bernie Sanders is a strident ideologue with immovable convictions that defy conventional Democratic thinking and haven't changed in more than half a century. When it comes to foreign policy, however,...

Tuskegee airman Charles McGee, 100, and his great grandson Iain Lanphier react as President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 4, 2020.

Column: Trump’s surprising outreach to black voters

February 10, 2020 at 1:23 p.m.

At times during his State of the Union address, Donald Trump seemed to be running for president — of the NAACP. In 2016, he asked black voters, "What the hell...

President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 4, 2020, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi listens.

Column: The State of the Union address was a parade of Trump lies

February 5, 2020 at 12:16 p.m.

More than once, back in the 1990s, I found opportunities to quote Sen. Bob Kerrey, a Nebraska Democrat, on the Democrat then in the White House: "Clinton's an unusually good...

Caucus participants wait in line to check in at the Drake University field house on Feb. 3, 2020, in Des Moines.

Column: After the Iowa caucuses disaster, let’s bring back the smoke-filled room

February 4, 2020 at 8:18 p.m.

This year's Iowa caucuses were a pratfall shackled to a debacle and wrapped inside a horror. The failure of organizers to get and report results promptly has provoked demands for...

Chris Wilson, 38, a business owner in Baltimore, talks to a colleague at The Foundery, in Baltimore. Wilson went to prison at age 17 for murder but got his associate degree while in prison and was able to attend the University of Baltimore after his release. He testified in Annapolis about the ban the box movement in Maryland that would remove the question about a person's criminal history from college applications.

Column: ‘Ban the box’ laws, a helping hand for ex-offenders, are actually holding them back

January 24, 2020 at 8:09 p.m.

The United States leads the world in many categories that evoke pride and one that should not: We lock people up at a higher rate than any other country. We...

Merchandise displayed inside a recreational vehicle before a rally held by President Donald Trump's on Jan. 14, 2020, at UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena in Milwaukee. Trump, the third president to be impeached, is undergoing a trial in the Senate.

Column: Trump’s supporters and the denial of reality

January 22, 2020 at 3:03 p.m.

There was a time when I was unconvinced of the case that greenhouse gases were causing the planet to warm and that action was needed to curb them. I'm not...

Democratic presidential hopefuls Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren during a debate at the Fox Theatre in Detroit on July 30, 2019.

Column: A ‘wealth tax’ is not the magic bullet Warren and Sanders say it is

January 19, 2020 at 2:03 p.m.

For any problem you can think of, Elizabeth Warren has a plan — usually an expensive one. She promises universal child care, universal pre-K, the elimination of student loan debt,...

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