Editorials

America’s lost markets

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

The world turns even if America doesn’t. That’s certainly true on trade, where a rebranded Trans-Pacific Partnership has begun with the new year in 11 countries two years after President

U.S is sending mixed signals on Syria

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

While adversaries gain, regional and global allies will wonder whether to trust Trump. President Donald Trump will reportedly slow down the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Syria, but his initial

New Year’s resolutions for Tester, Daines and Gianforte

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

December’s end is always a good time to take stock of the recent past and resolve to do better in the New Year. Montana voters recently offered performance reviews of

Destructive, inane shutdown drags on after talks hit a wall

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

Like previous government shutdowns, the current one — which enters its 13th day on Thursday — has had less impact than you might expect. About two-thirds of government spending is

GUEST EDITORIAL: Congress still must ban bump stocks

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

Now that the Trump administration has moved to ban bump stocks, lawsuits are underway. Congress should cut them off by passing an overdue legislative ban. Bump stocks give legal semi-automatic

GUEST EDITORIAL: Russian election meddling worse than we knew

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

The presidential election of 2016 will always include an asterisk. We will never know with certainty who would have won the election had it not been for Russian interference. All

Exiting Syria: President Trump got this one right

Published on Thu, 12/27/2018 - 12:00am

Much of official Washington, members of Congress, and members of the press who regard themselves as wise heads on foreign policy are in a state of apoplexy over President Donald

Overconfidence at the Fed

Published on Wed, 12/26/2018 - 12:00am

Public officials who try to calm nervous financial markets with soothing words rarely succeed, as Steve Mnuchin learned Monday. The Treasury Secretary tweeted Sunday that America’s six largest banks told

GUEST EDITORIAL: A tale of holiday redemption that lives on

Published on Mon, 12/24/2018 - 12:00am

It was 175 years ago that the Christmas celebration as we know it was more or less born. No, we are not speaking of the Christ child who is the

As advisers leave, Trump’s guardrails come off

Published on Sat, 12/22/2018 - 12:00am

WASHINGTON (AP) — Last year, during one particularly frenetic stretch in Donald Trump’s presidency, a top Republican senator said there were three men guarding the country from chaos: Defense Secretary