Commentary

WASHINGTON — Only in the “Alice in Wonderland” universe that Donald Trump has created since he jolted U.S. politics eight years ago could his former vice president be selling swag featuring a slogan the indicted ex-president intended as the worst slur.

If reports are believed, Mike Pence is apparently “too honest.” In the aftermath of the 2020 election, President Donald Trump reportedly called his then-vice president “too honest” after Pence refused to help Trump overturn the 2020 election results.

America's political scribes would do us a favor if they would drop the word "storied" before the name "Kennedy." America does not have families that are royal, storied or otherwise special because of the circumstances of members' birth. Or it shouldn't.

Decades of excessive spending, paid with debt, are hitting America’s credit rating. On Aug. 1, Fitch Ratings downgraded the United States federal government’s rating from AAA, the best, to AA+, one notch below. Fitch blamed “the expected fiscal deterioration over the next three years, a high and growing general government debt burden, the erosion of governance” and two decades of “debt standoff” over raising the debt ceiling.

Democrats are understandably nervous about Biden's age

A shining example of U.S. leadership is needlessly being endangered in Congress

America’s democracy, long admired and imitated around the world, now seems to be hurtling uncontrollably toward a 2024 presidential election campaign discombobulation unlike anything we have ever seen -- or our visionary Founders even imagined.

In 1995, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that states could not impose congressional term limits — it would take a constitutional amendment to accomplish the objective. Nearly 30 years later, it may be time to embark down such a path.

TORKIV, Ukraine — At the entrance to the village cemetery, where they buried Vasyl Pushkar, stands a tall, gray stone marker.

Donald Trump is the first former president in our nation’s history to be indicted. He is also the first former president to be indicted three times, most recently for charges including conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy against the right to vote, and more.

Since leaving the White House in January 2021, former President Donald Trump has become public enemy No. 1 in the eyes of the Department of Justice and several district attorneys.

I oversaw the care of an elderly friend in his last years. Up until age 86, Frank was pretty much in control. But then he was diagnosed with cancer. The disease and the drugs greatly sapped powers that old age had already altered. The telephone became his conduit to the outside world.

The Founders worried about the judgment of history

Freedom of speech is a cornerstone of any free society.

America's good fortune offers its leaders opportunity to address long-term problems

A column in The Washington Post a couple years ago criticized Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for his decision to pull the licenses of shelters and foster-care programs that provided care to unaccompanied migrant children.

Partisan primaries are one of the main causes of government dysfunction. They disenfranchise voters, promote division and gridlock legislatures.

The New York City Police Department has begun encrypting scanner radios that the press and public have used to monitor basic police communications for more than 90 years. While the desire to put such communications on an impenetrable private channel is understandable, transparency has well served the city for generations. It should not be rolled back.

Flying has never been safer in the United States. Our country’s current approach to aviation safety is clearly working — the U.S. is the gold standard for aviation safety around the world.

Each time Congress debates its priorities for the Farm Bill every five years, as it is doing this year, it faces legislation that profoundly affects the economic well-being of Americans nationwide. 

Congressional Republicans are in a struggle with the White House to rein in federal spending after the U.S. national debt ballooned past $32 trillion after the COVID pandemic. The 2023 Farm Bill is an excellent place to start. There’s plenty to cut.

Hyped by right, RFK Jr. could have marginal effect in denting president’s reelection bid

If only our leaders brought this spirit of bipartisanship and urgency to everything it does

ODESA, Ukraine — In case anyone still has doubts that Vladimir Putin is a terrorist, consider what he did to this iconic port city over the past week.