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Tue., Jan. 1, 2019
Barry Ritholtz: Why your New Year’s resolutions won’t work out
It’s the time of the year when we are barraged with lists: Stocks to buy, books to read, explanations of why the bad choices made in the past year will …
Mon., Dec. 31, 2018
Leonard Pitts Jr.: 2018, the year we lost ourselves
A look back at 2018, and what it did to us as a nation.
Sun., Dec. 30, 2018
Max Boot: Democrats need a new foreign policy
For decades, elites in the United States believed that championing a liberal world order was in our interest. Now, we are seeing a new left-right axis emerge around protectionism and …
Sun., Dec. 30, 2018
Erik Orton: Instead of resolutions, try New Year’s ‘firsts’
My wife and I combine the celebrations of our anniversary and New Year’s not by resolving to do anything, but by doing something neither of us has ever done before. …
Sun., Dec. 30, 2018
Catherine Rampell: Trump did what he always does and changed his mind. Why was Congress surprised?
The only way to deal with Donald Trump is to not do deals with Donald Trump. The private sector has learned this; when will Congress?
Sun., Dec. 30, 2018
Amber Petrovich: Hire today, gone tomorrow
You’ve probably seen me around your office. I’m the contract (or freelance, contingent, temp, outsourced) worker your company hired on a short-term basis to get that project done or cover …
Sun., Dec. 30, 2018
George Nethercutt: Christmas movies offer reason for living a good life
Perhaps Christmas movies that celebrate love or the triumph of faith over distress, are, in their own way, perpetuating the Christian message.
Sat., Dec. 29, 2018
Petula Dvorak: It’s time for adults to say: enough
Six years after Sandy Hook, American schools experienced a record-breaking year for carnage, with 94 people shot, 33 of them fatally.
Sat., Dec. 29, 2018
Cal Thomas: Osama bin Laden was right
Lawrence Wright quotes Osama bin Laden as saying: “Look at Vietnam, look at Lebanon. Whenever soldiers start coming home in body bags, Americans panic and retreat.” With President Trump’s announcement …
UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 28, 2018, 8:38 p.m.
Paul Waldman: Shutdown’s end depends entirely on Trump’s hurt feelings
As the government shutdown drags on, everyone seems dug in to their position. So how does this end? The answer will depend, unfortunately, on President Donald Trump’s feelings.
Fri., Dec. 28, 2018
Marc A. Thiessen: I’m glad NYC’s nunchuck law was overturned.
James Maloney and I have been vindicated. Americans have a constitutional right to keep and bear nunchucks. Not just the foam kind, but the real thing.
Fri., Dec. 28, 2018
Sen. Mark Warner: Federal workers are not Democrats – or poker chips
The president who declared that he would be “proud” to shut down the government is holding one-quarter of the federal government’s agencies hostage – in the process treating 800,000 federal …
Thu., Dec. 27, 2018, 12:01 a.m.
Dr. Francisco R. Velazquez: The future of health care reform
In my role as a medical doctor, I’ve seen the power of medicine to transform lives. And as a physician executive, I’ve had to pay close attention to the bottom …
Thu., Dec. 27, 2018
David Ignatius: Trump’s Syria decision betrays U.S. allies on front lines
The voice of Gen. Mazloum Abdi, the Kurdish commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces militia, is tight and controlled as he describes President Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from …
Wed., Dec. 26, 2018, 5 a.m.
Craig Mason: License people, not guns
I understand the urban perspective, and I understand the experiences and beliefs of ardent Second Amendment defenders. This essay suggests a mutually respectful response to the excess of gun murders …
Wed., Dec. 26, 2018, 5 a.m.
Catherine Rampell: Keystone Cops capture U.S. economy
The Keystone Cops are officially in charge of our economy. Markets have been plunging, with the S&P 500 down 20 percent from its September peak. A lot of factors have …
Tue., Dec. 25, 2018
Don Brunell: Christmas wreaths help ease pain
Thanks to a Maine family and more than 800,000 donors and volunteers, over 1.8 million Christmas wreaths were laid on the tombstones of our fallen soldiers, sailors and airmen this …
Tue., Dec. 25, 2018
Michael Gerson: This Christmas, like every Christmas, a gift of hope
This year at Christmas, I can only manage to catch glimpses of a star, to hear fragments of a song, to see the outlines of a face. But it is …
Mon., Dec. 24, 2018
John Kass: Oh, holy night
For everyone who keeps hold on what is important about this very special night.
Sun., Dec. 23, 2018
Matthew Hayward: County sets example on union bargaining
The Spokane County Board of Commissioners’ recent vote to open collective bargaining negotiations with unions set an example the rest of the state should follow.