by Keith C. Burris Almost everyone has heard the F. Scott Fitzgerald line, “There are no second acts in American lives.” I think he was talking about […]
Author: Syndicated Columnist
Remembering the late Prince Philip
by Chris Jones I met Prince Philip, who died Friday at the age of 99, one time. He put his hands behind his ramrod-straight back and then […]
A royal game of thrones in Jordan
by Trudy Rubin The Shakespearean drama that just erupted in the Mideast kingdom of Jordan — involving an angry monarch, a spurned prince and an alleged coup […]
An ordinary man battles dueling pandemics
by Martin Schram The sunshine bathing his Rose Garden is so bright that Joe Biden can’t help but squint as he looks out and starts saying hello […]
Biden must take action on PFAS
by Cathy Wusterbarth and Mike Shriberg With a deadly pandemic, an economic downturn, the climate crisis and an urgent need for racial and economic justice, President Joe […]
Fatal flaw in Biden’s child tax credit
by Michael R. Strain Joe Biden hasn’t been in the White House for three months, so it’s way too soon to justify the claim that he has […]
George Floyd and the opioid crisis
by Lauren Trifunovich Courteney Ross, girlfriend to George Floyd, spoke through tears as she sat surrounded by a plexiglass divider in a courtroom April 1 during former […]
GOP’s nasty breakup with big business
by Conor Sen Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell’s statement on Monday threatening corporations who get involved in political issues like Georgia’s recently-passed election law rings a bit […]
One cheer for the return of earmarks
by Ramesh Ponnuru After a 10-year hiatus, earmarks are coming back to the U.S. Congress. Democrats and Republicans alike repudiated the practice of letting congressmen direct federal […]
SCOTUS opened robocall floodgates
by Jon Healey Few things unite Americans like our shared hatred of robocalls, which have become a daily affliction for far too many of us. For example, […]
