by Will Bunch If you’ve never heard of the Willow project — the massive, up-to-600-million-barrels oil-drilling venture on federal lands in the Alaska wilderness that was greenlighted […]
Tag: politics
Learn to recognize political rhetoric
by David L. Nevins When I think about the tactics of the Democrat and Republican parties, I am reminded of lyrics from the Buffalo Springfield song 50 […]
Biden’s budget was an opening bid. Where’s the Republican plan?
by Doyle McManus President Joe Biden unveiled his $6.8 trillion budget proposal last week, and it drew the customary jaded responses: a work of fiction; a party […]
Is all politics truly local?
by John M. Crisp Is all politics truly local? If so, how do we account for many of the priorities on the list of the bills that […]
Haley’s ‘test’ idea a nonstarter, but America has aged leadership issue
How convenient that presidential hopeful Nikki Haley’s proposed mental-competency test for politicians would kick in at age 75 — just below the age of her only other […]
How the U.S. can turn China from a foe into a friendly competitor
by Jonah Goldberg The House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party held its first hearing this week. In […]
‘D’ has become the new scarlet letter
by Lawrence Goldstone On a recent episode of “Real Time with Bill Maher,” former 10-term Ohio Democratic congressman Tim Ryan, who had recently lost a Senate race […]
Dems’ choice: Replace Biden or lose
by Nolan Finley Democrats with presidential ambitions should be calculating how much longer they can defer to President Joe Biden. The primaries are just one year away […]
Leonhardt says he’ll run for re-election, not for governor
CHARLESTON — Cross one candidate for governor off your whiteboard. Agriculture Commissioner Kent Leonhardt, a Republican, put out a statement Wednesday saying he will not run for […]
Biden’s opening pitch for a second term
by Carl P. Leubsdorf Like prior presidents, Joe Biden used his State of the Union speech to build on his achievements and to lay the basis for […]
