The reason the Senate moves glacially is because its arteries are clogged — literally. Under the shiny white Capitol dome is a country for old men. The body politic needs an infusion of fresh blood. ...
Teach your children. Nonviolent resistance opens a way out of the dark. The legions of kneeling NFL players, whom President Trump tongue-lashed like a plantation overseer, should be congratulated, not condemned. They created a public ...
But this is a different version of Herself — ahem! — herself. Ironically, this is the winning version, much more true and real. It's a shame she didn't show up at the carnival — ahem! ...
Arthur Ashe, the late champion of infinite class and grace, was my favorite male player. I knew his life story, or thought I did. Ashe broke the color barrier in American men's tennis and Davis ...
Confronted with the catastrophe still unfolding now, Turner sticks by his story. His defiant tone, under duress, falls flat. It seems clear now that those living in Houston's 100-year floodplain should have been strongly encouraged ...
Here in the nation's capital, it was the happiest thing to happen in seven months. Looking skyward, people were moved to see the moon cover the sun almost totally. Strangers passing the time of day ...
The Virginia tragedy is the knell. It shook America with street scenes of violent white male supremacists. Young hooligans claimed the life of a young woman and injured other brave resisters. It was a terrible ...
With crisp stage timing, Senator Jeff Flake, an Arizona Republican, is making media rounds for a new book denouncing Trump, "Conscience of a Conservative." (He took the title from a famed Arizona conservative, the late ...
Sad to say about the American president, but you can't take him anywhere. Trump needs a tete-a-tete with his best friend on the world stage, President Vladimir Putin, the spymaster who loved him. There's a ...
Strange thing passing, but the Republican repeal push on health care echoes Obama's efforts to get it passed in the first place, six or seven years ago. First, neither the 44th nor the 45th president ...
The body is still warm, though President Trump is gleefully pronouncing it dead. We are talking about President Obama's signature piece of legislation, the Affordable Care Act. And part of this is personal. Repealing Obamacare, ...
At the end of the day, we heard The Washington Post's earthshaking scoop: Trump is under investigation for obstruction of justice. But there was no joy in Mudville, or Washington, even for those who saw ...
Recently fired as FBI director, James Comey arrived at the teeming Senate Intelligence Committee hearing room. He rode a white horse into the big story, which casts him as a truth-teller versus a new president ...
The truth is clear as a June day: Donald J. Trump has no idea how to play his part. He doesn't have the class or the chops; nor does he have curiosity or compassion. To ...
he president who tragically died at 46 never combed gray hair, as the Irish say about dying young. His 100th birthday is upon us Monday, May 29. Yo-Yo Ma, the great cellist, played at the ...