Opinion · 116th Congress
A reporter’s homage to government auditors — unsung heroes of transparency
Without such sources, the full story of what’s happening in our country can’t come out.
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Opinion · 116th Congress
Sam Ervin took down Nixon. We’re still waiting for his heir
On stage, faithful Democrats vacillate between stubborn hope (“He should be here”) and fatalistic despair (“He didn’t say for sure that he would come”). In the end, they just wait, day after day.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Note to Ocasio-Cortez and Green New Dealers: The economy is not the government
So should every Democrat — presidential candidate or otherwise — before jumping on Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal and her “great leap forward” into socialism and central planning.
Opinion · 116th Congress
What the shutdown taught us about paid family leave
Taking time off without pay just isn’t an option — it means no rent, no heat, or no medications.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Trump was trying to channel Reagan. He sounded more like Nixon
A country without a monarch craves a little pomp now and again, no matter the partisan sniping that precedes and follows it.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Dr. Jekyll, Mr. State of the Union
Without modern communications and with travel into and out of the capital difficult, the Founding Fathers correctly decided that the president should communicate regularly with the representatives of the
Opinion · 116th Congress
On the debt limit, the best fiscal game is the one not played
Intent on reducing federal spending, House Republicans refused to raise the debt limit without concessions from President Obama.
Opinion · 116th Congress
A ruthless, head-patting grandma finally gets her due
On the morning she was sworn in as speaker for the second time, Pelosi’s daughter Alexandra told CNN viewers what Trump should expect in his future negotiations.
Opinion · 116th Congress
The emergency at the border isn’t national. It’s regional
In 2018, the region’s agricultural industries collapsed as a severe drought killed off major crops, leaving large numbers of people without food and work.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Congress must turn the corner on big tech this year
Congress should start by taking a close look at Amazon.
Opinion · 116th Congress
I’ve mediated my share of disputes. Here’s how to end the shutdown
But without compromise, each sides’ political standing will suffer. What’s gone wrong, and how can the process of resolving such disputes be made to work?
Opinion · 116th Congress
Revenge is best served cold on State of the Union night
Of course, Pelosi’s claim that she was rescinding the Jan. 29 invitation to the president on security grounds because the Secret Service is working without pay has all the credibility of a Sarah Sanders
Opinion · 116th Congress
Government’s data policies enter the 21st century — finally
It also means our public discourse suffers when figuring out what problems should be addressed and the best ways to do so.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Youth, anger, impeachment and the 1970s
OPINION — In the 1970s, as a 25-year-old history graduate student at the University of Michigan, I ran for Congress without family money or even owning a car.
Opinion · 116th Congress
The most penny-ante government shutdown since, well, ever
Trump scuttled a major deal in early 2018 that would have swapped $25 billion in border funding in exchange for legal status for immigrants brought to this country as children without legal papers