Columns

The scientific experts who hate science

Published on Wed, 01/09/2019 - 12:00am

This week, the American Psychological Association proved once again that it is a political body rather than a scientific one. This isn’t the first time a major mental health organization

If Trump really wanted to enforce immigration, he’d open the government

Published on Tue, 01/08/2019 - 12:00am

We who follow immigration policy closely know that the wall is a dumb idea. Closing much of the government over it is dumber still. Why is the wall a dumb

Trump’s ‘authenticity’ merely moral laziness

Published on Mon, 01/07/2019 - 12:00am

WASHINGTON — In the carnage of American civic culture, some of the damage is obvious: the dehumanization of political opponents, the devaluation of truth, the rise of conspiracy thinking. But

Evangelicals falsely believe they have found a champion

Published on Fri, 01/04/2019 - 12:00am

WASHINGTON — By all indications, the reluctant support by white evangelicals for Donald Trump against Hillary Clinton in 2016 has solidified into something like devotion. In his analysis of the

Are we brave enough for the new world of reproduction?

Published on Thu, 01/03/2019 - 12:00am

A new medical device may change almost everything we think about making babies. It may also sweep away the current controversy over abortion while creating new ethical dilemmas. We speak

In Illinois, a sign of life in the Dem Party

Published on Wed, 01/02/2019 - 12:00am

WASHINGTON — If Republicans have a lick of sense, they are alarmed by a recent sign of intelligent life in the other party. The sign is the election by Democrats

Trump’s wall is a symbol of ruin

Published on Wed, 01/02/2019 - 12:00am

WASHINGTON -- Republicans used to shut down the federal government with the intention (generally) of curbing public spending. Donald Trump’s GOP, in contrast, shuts down the federal government with the

Is the President above the law?

Published on Mon, 12/31/2018 - 12:00am

The Constitution establishes impeachment as the means of removal of the president by Congress. As we discover each time we go down this road, “high crimes and misdemeanors” means pretty

America’s love affair with small business rekindled

Published on Fri, 12/28/2018 - 12:00am

WEST NEWTON, Pa. — Bloom Brewery is the kind of Main Street business that shut its doors a generation ago when shopping malls lured customers to their mega-buildings with well-lit

Stop obsessing over Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Published on Fri, 12/28/2018 - 12:00am

The right can’t stop talking about the incoming youngest member of the House, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The left isn’t much better. You know AOC. She rose from obscurity to instant celebrity