by Matthew Yglesias The news from Washington last week, as usual, was grim. Senate Republicans blocked legislation to create a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 […]
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RIP Jan. 6 commission
Senate Republicans killed the Jan. 6 commission. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito was one of 35 senators to deliver the death blow to a bipartisan, independent body that […]
The Justice Department’s bad call to shield Barr’s secrets
by Erwin Chemerinsky The Biden administration is making a serious mistake in placing the self-interest of the Justice Department ahead of the people’s right to know if […]
Biden’s inquiry into COVID’s origins
by Doyle McManus Last week, President Joe Biden set an example that all of us — Democrat and Republican alike — should embrace. It wasn’t so much […]
May 30 letters to the editor
UHS baseball lineup raises questions For most of the senior men on the University High School baseball team, 2021 did not bring normalcy back. Twenty-two students made […]
Go green on new housing
by Dana Bourland Two of the biggest problems we face today — a shortage of decent, affordable housing and climate change — are connected. Fortunately, the solutions […]
Rewrite history before it happens
by Martin Schram For what seems like forever, America’s presidents have been ordering up new U.S. policies designed to finally fix, or at least make the best […]
CDC’s bad COVID communications. The latest example: Unmasking
by David Zurawik You can’t blame the messenger for not being clear if the message is a mishmash. And last week, the Centers for Disease Control and […]
Yes, Biden is governing as a progressive
by Doyle McManus President Joe Biden’s Republican critics charge that he has foisted a “bait and switch” on voters — that he campaigned as a moderate but […]
Joe Biden vs. Sen. Tim Scott: Brevity is the soul of wit
The contrast between President Biden’s first address to Congress last Wednesday night and the Republican response delivered by Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) reminded me of another occasion […]
