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Inflation is running wild
by Erik Randolph How can we help working families the most? Raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour is a popular solution, but it’s a short-sighted […]
Saul’s firing opens door to expanding Social Security
by Michael Hiltzik Tens of thousands of Social Security Administration employees began work last Monday with the sense that a new day was dawning for themselves and […]
Biden’s speech on voting rights was a sermon, not a battle plan
by Michael McGough In his speech about voting rights on Tuesday, President Joe Biden told the audience at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia that he wasn’t […]
There’s a reason Biden won’t talk about Afghanistan
by Doyle McManus A couple weeks ago, when reporters asked President Joe Biden whether he worried that Afghanistan’s government might collapse in the face of Taliban military […]
Time to get Biden on board to save the Mylan plant
Back in April, the West Virginia Legislature passed HR 24, a resolution urging Gov. Jim Justice to form a task force that would petition President Biden to […]
Clobber leaders for compromise and you’ll get the government you deserve
by Patricia Murphy When I tell people that I cover politics for a living, the response I almost always hear is that people want Congress, or the […]
Biden-Putin summit puts Russia to the test
by Trudy Rubin Rate the U.S.-Russia summit in Geneva as a success for President Joe Biden. If you want to understand why, just look at what Vladimir […]
The phrase ‘systemic racism’ clouds productive debate
by Ramesh Ponnuru “It’s past time for America to discard the left-wing myth of systemic racism,” former Vice President Mike Pence said on a recent visit to […]
Older public figures make a difference
What do Queen Elizabeth (95), Janet Yellen (74), our president (78) and the pope (84) have in common? How about Mike DeWine (74), Jerry Brown (83) and […]
