Building and repairing roads, bridges and other public works projects is one of the few acts of government that draw bipartisan support — at least in theory. In practice, congressional […]
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Inflation is running wild
by Erik Randolph How can we help working families the most? Raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour is a popular solution, but it’s a short-sighted one given the […]
Saul’s firing opens door to expanding Social Security
by Michael Hiltzik Tens of thousands of Social Security Administration employees began work last Monday with the sense that a new day was dawning for themselves and the program’s more […]
Biden’s speech on voting rights was a sermon, not a battle plan
by Michael McGough In his speech about voting rights on Tuesday, President Joe Biden told the audience at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia that he wasn’t “preaching to you.” […]
There’s a reason Biden won’t talk about Afghanistan
by Doyle McManus A couple weeks ago, when reporters asked President Joe Biden whether he worried that Afghanistan’s government might collapse in the face of Taliban military advances, he responded […]
Time to get Biden on board to save the Mylan plant
Back in April, the West Virginia Legislature passed HR 24, a resolution urging Gov. Jim Justice to form a task force that would petition President Biden to use the Defense […]
Clobber leaders for compromise and you’ll get the government you deserve
by Patricia Murphy When I tell people that I cover politics for a living, the response I almost always hear is that people want Congress, or the Legislature, or fill-in-the-blank-government-entity […]
Biden-Putin summit puts Russia to the test
by Trudy Rubin Rate the U.S.-Russia summit in Geneva as a success for President Joe Biden. If you want to understand why, just look at what Vladimir Putin said back […]
The phrase ‘systemic racism’ clouds productive debate
by Ramesh Ponnuru “It’s past time for America to discard the left-wing myth of systemic racism,” former Vice President Mike Pence said on a recent visit to New Hampshire. We […]
Older public figures make a difference
What do Queen Elizabeth (95), Janet Yellen (74), our president (78) and the pope (84) have in common? How about Mike DeWine (74), Jerry Brown (83) and Lamar Alexander (80)? […]
