Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: In a Culture War, American Values Lose
White supremacist leader Richard Spencer said to applause, “You are going to have to get used to white identity” — and warned of more to come.
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Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: When Silence Says Everything
A friend, relative of one of the exemplary Americans gunned down in a Charleston church in 2015, reminds me without saying a word that a loss like that is everlasting.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: The Language of Diplomacy, Democracy — and Division
I like people who weren’t captured,” then long-shot candidate Donald Trump said in 2015 of Sen.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Another Health Care Bill, Another Health Care Cliff
the budget resolution at the end of the month, they have been trying to ram through the Senate a ramshackle bill (named after Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy) that would upend the health care system without
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: The Fatal Flaw for Republicans in Graham-Cassidy
You can complain to me, but I sure as hell don’t run it.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Trump Giving Ryan and McConnell the Power on DACA
After months of bashing House Speaker Paul Ryan, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and “the Republicans” on Twitter, things got so bad between Trump and McConnell last month that they went for weeks without
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: The Rule of Law, the Role of History
When I worked at a newspaper in Tucson, Ariz., the letter would arrive or the phone would ring and the message would be filled with outrage and surprise.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: A Big-Spending Liberal Is a Conservative Who Has Been Flooded
Speaker John Boehner adjourned the House for the 2012 Christmas recess without voting on the Senate-passed Sandy funding.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Blame? Trump Wants Credit for a Shutdown
“If we have to close down our government, we’re building that wall,” he said Tuesday in Arizona, referring to the physical barrier he promised to construct between the U.S. and Mexico.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: A Partial Eclipse of Bad News
Pat McCrory that prevents any removal of such monuments without approval from a state historical commission, Democratic Gov.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Corker Silent on Trump Renomination
Senator Bob Corker said Thursday he doesn’t think President Donald Trump has demonstrated “stability,” “competence,” or understanding of “the character of this nation.”
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Why HELP Could Be on the Way for Obamacare Recipients
Alexander, the committee chairman, has only said that he wants a final product to be “small, bipartisan, and balanced,” but he hasn’t said what that means, other than flexibility for states and short-term
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Despite Pressure, John McCain Chose Honor
Having spent more than five years being tortured in a Vietnamese prison camp, refusing to be released ahead of his comrades, it can be safely said that McCain needed no reminder of the perils of
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Meet the New President — All 50 of Them
Terry McAuliffe saying what most of them were thinking, “What I try to tell everybody is forget the federal government. Come directly to the states.”
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Don’t Skip the Recess, Skip the Games
I cannot imagine that Congress would dare to leave Washington without a beautiful new HealthCare bill fully approved and ready to go! — Donald J.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Why We Can’t Stop Talking About Chris Christie’s Saltwater-Gate
Because of what I do for a living, I have a chance to give speeches and talks about politics. The question-and-answer portions are always the most interesting.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: The Politics of Drug Policy
Rob Portman of Ohio said in a joint statement with fellow Republican Sen.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Let the Senate Be the Senate Again
I have a question for the senators trying to decide whether to vote for the Obamacare repeal bill when it comes up in the Senate: Did you really fly 1,000 miles in coach for this?
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Of Shakespearean Lessons and Art That Makes Us Think
(And yes, that the polished orator was the child raised without a father and the other had a lineage of political privilege was part of the irony and appeal of the shiny, new package.)
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: In Praise of Congressional Openness
Conroy sounded the right note as he said in his opening prayer, “We are blessed by a free and open society. … But once again, we are reminded there is a vulnerability that comes with that openness.”