Opinion: Now comes the ‘big, beautiful’ sales job
It's one thing to pass a major piece of legislation and have it signed by the president; it's quite another to get the public to swallow it as something that benefits most of the country.
Opinion: Pastor who was in Chattanooga last week says Ukraine will resist ‘until the end’
Last weekend, the Wall Street Journal did a rare story on the Ukraine war, though it was buried on page A-10, after a front-page teaser.
Opinion: Trump did the right thing
In ordering the bombing of three nuclear sites in Iran, President Trump did the right thing, for the right reason and at the right time.
Opinion: Majority of Americans respect law and order
It would be amusing if it weren't so serious. Last weekend's expressions of "free speech" were almost universally called demonstrations by the media and "mostly peaceful" by some.
Opinion: Hit ‘em hard and hit ‘em again
After Israel took out at least two of Iran's top scientists behind the development of nuclear weapons (and promised to kill more), my high school fight song came to mind. At football games, after a touchdown we sang, "Hit 'em hard and hit 'em again. Show 'em now that we're gonna win ..."
Opinion: Democrats losing the lions vs. sloths battle
Six months after their disastrous performance in last November's election, The New York Times reports the Democratic Party is "still searching for the path forward."
Opinion: The one, big, ugly bill does the country no favors
After many years living in and covering Washington, there is one overriding principle I have learned: If you don't trust politicians, you will never be disappointed.
Opinion: You’ve got to be taught to hate
While contemplating the horror of two young and soon-to-be engaged Israeli Embassy employees who were gunned down by a man shouting "Free Palestine" and "I did it for Gaza," outside the Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., last week, I recalled the opening line to a song from the old off-Broadway musical "The Fantasticks" — "You wonder how these things begin."
Opinion: Cooperation the key in reducing the high price of drugs
Is there anyone who thinks prescription drug prices in America are about right?
Opinion: Paying back student loans a matter of character
Back in the day of telephone books, the Washington, D.C., Yellow Pages contained more than a dozen pages of "associations," a code word for lobbyists.
