by Francis Wilkinson Donald Trump’s signature border wall is morphing in strange and costly ways — even as it seems to play little role in stemming illegal migration. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has been busy spending state money — in hundred-million-dollar chunks — to erect his ...
Would The Dominion Post like to see a Morgantown native in the governor’s mansion? Sure, but we think there are more important qualifications for the person who wants to be West Virginia’s leader. For example: Caring more about what’s happening in the Mountain State than in Washington, ...
Joe Biden has done so many things well — saving Ukraine, confronting China, signing a bipartisan gun control bill. And in a week of right-wing crazytown, he stood out as a comforting keeper of stability. But there’s one thing he hasn’t gotten right: curbing the chaos at the border. ...
by Martin Schram Ever true to its traditions, Official Washington has celebrated its holidays by toasting its successes, and then cruising comfortably into yet another new year. So this is the right time to remind our capital’s cognoscenti that some areas of Washington governance ...
by Robert Koehler EDITOR'S NOTE: This space will be filled with various syndicated columnists this week and next week. After the New Year, Froma Harrop will be the Thursday columnist. OK, he’s a politician — Doug Ducey, the exiting governor of Arizona, who recently began erecting ...
by Noah Feldman The conservative revolution at the U.S. Supreme Court has two prongs. One grabs headlines as the justices overturn long-established precedent on big-ticket issues like abortion, affirmative action and voting rights. The second is a less-noticed yet enormously ambitious ...