COMMENTARY: Trump’s trade myths
BY ROBERT J. SAMUELSONYou cannot understand President Trump’s so-called “trade war” without acknowledging that it’s mostly about politics and not about economics. Trump has...
COMMENTARY: Kevin McCarthy has been a leader in Trump’s troop of enablers
BY MICHAEL GERSONOn the evidence of Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s CNN interview over the weekend, the likely next speaker of the House is a mindless...
COMMENTARY: You can either support Democrats or immigrants — not both
BY RUBEN NAVARRETTE JR.No sooner had I hit “send” on a recent column listing examples of Democrats failing immigrants and refugees than I realized...
COMMENTARY: Medicare steps up its fight against diabetes
BY BOB MOOSDiabetes affects as many as one in four older adults with Medicare. It costs hundreds of billions of dollars to treat and...
COMMENTARY: Name-calling other women makes Samantha Bee the other C-word: Classless
BY CHRISTINE M. FLOWERSI used to watch Samantha Bee because her manic sort of mean-girl humor appealed to me. (I’m a manic sort of...
COMMENTARY: Jeff Sessions no longer sparks joy
BY ALEXANDRA PETRI“I think, you know, Cabinet secretaries serve at the pleasure of the president. If this president no longer has pleasure in General...
COMMENTARY: Trump’s thumb is on the wrong side of the moral scale
BY MICHAEL GERSONAmerica suffers from a persistent misunderstanding of the role of character in public life. For some — a diminishing few — political...
COMMENTARY: Why the economy roars
BY ROBERT J. SAMUELSONEvery year, the Federal Reserve conducts a massive survey of American households to paint a portrait of their economic habits and...
COMMENTARY: Turbulent times has us hoping for the best
BY DR. ELIZABETH DE FERREIREWhat a month May has been. And now here we are in June, and I feel like our country turned...
COMMENTARY: Why you should focus on independents
BY STUART ROTHENBERGCQ-ROLL CALLWASHINGTON — I don’t trust anyone who tells me they already know the makeup of the midterm electorate. We can’t possibly...