by Bobby Ghosh The U.S. drone strike that killed Ayman al-Zawahri in Kabul on Sunday caught the Taliban leadership both red-handed and flat-footed. Their promises to prevent the country from […]
Opinion
IRA a mixed bag, but seems to be worth it
Sen. Joe Manchin’s support for the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 has given the general populace hope for progress on climate change, health care and tax reform, though Sen. Kirsten […]
The Supreme Court is unscientific
by Robert Pearl A pair of Supreme Court rulings in June — one on gun rights, the other on abortion — have elicited strong, partisan reactions. In recent weeks, critics […]
Manchin’s deal clears a path to finish the MVP
Sen. Joe Manchin, ever the deal maker, managed to cut a side arrangement with Democratic leaders when crafting a compromise on the climate, energy and Medicare prescription drug bill. The […]
W.Va. in trouble with ignorance at the helm
There’s nothing quite like the chill of terror that runs down your spine when you realize the people dictating the laws that constrain your life are a bunch of ignoramuses. […]
New centrist party going nowhere
by Ramesh Ponnuru The founders of a new political party, “Forward,” acknowledge that third parties usually fail. They say that previous third-party efforts flopped “either because they were ideologically too […]
The year (bleep) got real
“There’s a choice we’re making. We’re saving our own lives.” — from “We Are The World” Yes, this is early. That ritual where the columnist assigns the year a theme […]
GOP stunt during PACT Act vote may backfire this fall
We’ve said it before, but we’ll say it again: When it comes to government, intention often takes a back seat to appearances. And the appearance of denying veterans health care […]
GOP wants to talk ‘anti-white’ racism
by Jean Guerrero Whereas the Republican Party once claimed it was “colorblind,” now it embraces race-conscious rhetoric. The era of Trump’s dog whistle has given way to Tucker Carlson’s explicit […]
Humpty Dumpty and the recession
In Washington things are rarely what they seem. It’s why Congress labels bills with names they think will be more palatable to the public rather than a name that would […]
