COMMENTARY: 4 ways America is greater, and you are welcome
BY JOANNE CLEAVERAmid the hailstorm of lies, denials, do-overs and comb-overs, it can be difficult to suss out any residual good that the Trump...
COMMENTARY: Economic nostalgia’s false promise
BY ROBERT J. SAMUELSONWe Americans have long been obsessed with economic growth — “prosperity” in everyday lingo. The idea that we have some sort...
COMMENTARY: Ready to pay a lot more for air-conditioning? Senate may leave you no...
BY NICOLAS LORIS | Guest ColumnistSweltering summer heat means families across the country have their air conditioners on full blast — in their homes...
COMMENTARY: Too bad we can do nothing about the excesses of this president
BY ALEXANDRA PETRIBoy, it is really awful what the president has said, and I could not denounce it more. I mean, I could denounce...
COMMENTARY: Trump’s foreign policy smashes our defining ideals
BY MICHAEL GERSONSetting aside the issue of whether the president is wittingly advancing the interests of a hostile power — a qualification that is...
COMMENTARY: Trump finally gets one right on race — but for the wrong reason
BY RUBEN NAVARRETTEThe Trump administration is taking the right stance in opposing race-conscious admissions policies in education.But it is doing so for the wrong...
COMMENTARY: Diversity easier to achieve than empathy
BY RUBEN NAVARRETTEA columnist should always admit when he is wrong, but not enough of us are willing to go to confession.Thankfully, I’m a...
COMMENTARY: President Trump does a great job and doesn’t let America down at all
BY ALEXANDRA PETRIBetter to serve in Helsinki than reign in heaven, or however the saying goes.President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met on...
COMMENTARY: The disgusting ‘normal’ under Trump
BY ALEXANDRA PETRIThe trouble with living in this year of our Lord 2018 is that startling, bad, once-in-a-generation things happen with such swift and...
COMMENTARY: Trump’s narcissism has become our foreign policy doctrine
BY MICHAEL GERSONDefining a foreign policy theory that might merit the title of “doctrine” is difficult in the Trump administration, which is dismissive of...