by Danny Westneat In 40 years of chronicling life in the Alaskan interior, Dermot Cole has seen no end of hustles and grand plans play out in […]

by Joe Nocera In the spring of 2012, Congress passed, and President Barack Obama signed into law, the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act — or the […]

by Leonard Pitts And so this is Christmas. So sang John Lennon in 1971. The Vietnam War took 2,414 American lives that year, so the song was […]

by Cal Thomas Some people can’t handle success. The latest jobs report shows that despite the pandemic President Trump’s policies of lower taxes and reducing regulations continue […]

by Jenna Mermer There are currently three COVID-19 vaccines awaiting approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. FDA approval will trigger millions of vaccine doses to […]

by Carl P. Leubsdorf Both Republicans and Democrats agree why the Jan. 5 runoffs for Georgia’s two U.S. Senate seats are important. But there is far less […]

by Norman Stockwell Shortly before this year’s presidential election, Facebook — chastened by public opinion and congressional hearings — announced that it would cease all political ads […]

by Dave Anderson Politicians are known for many things, but telling the truth is not regarded as one of their chief strengths. Long before President Donald Trump […]

by Rex Huppke Thanksgiving is over and it’s time to talk seriously about Christmas cookies. “But, Rex,” you say, rudely assuming we’re on a first-name basis. “I […]

by Edward McMahon Many of my fellow Democrats have spent the past four weeks aghast at the reality that more than 73 million of our co-citizens saw […]