Editorials

Trump’s undone Iran deal endangers all

Published on Mon, 05/14/2018 - 12:00am

President Trump, who seems ready to accept the Nobel Peace Prize for a North Korean nuclear deal that exists only in his imagination, has moved to unravel the real accord

A happy homecoming

Published on Fri, 05/11/2018 - 12:00am

Donald Trump diplomacy, which so offends delicate sensibilities in the United States and in the ministries of the West, nevertheless continues to pay rewards. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo comes

Until Gina Haspel denounces torture, she shouldn’t lead CIA

Published on Thu, 05/10/2018 - 12:00am

Gina Haspel has shown she has all the qualities to become the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency, except one. For 33 years with the agency, Ms. Haspel has

Crumbling of nuclear deal boosts Iran hard-liners

Published on Wed, 05/09/2018 - 12:00am

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Across Iran, the hopefulness that followed the 2015 nuclear deal has been replaced by a rising hard-line fever with President Donald Trump’s decision to pull

U.S. shouldn’t wage a two-front trade war

Published on Mon, 05/07/2018 - 12:00am

President Donald Trump has embarked on a dangerous, high-risk strategy that is jeopardizing U.S. trade relations around the world, and there is little reason to think he can pull it

Energy leases: Let’s hold back some of our last best places

Published on Fri, 05/04/2018 - 12:00am

In March, the Bureau of Land Management sold oil and gas leases on parcels totaling 51,400 acres in southeast Utah, including some near Hovenweep National Monument. That’s welcome news for

GUEST EDITORIAL: Netanyahu’s flimflam on Iran

Published on Thu, 05/03/2018 - 12:00am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has long employed visual aids to drive home the dangers of Iran and the nuclear deal, even if those dangers are sometimes imagined. In

GUEST EDITORIAL: Korea summit puts nuclear ball in Trump’s court

Published on Mon, 04/30/2018 - 12:00am

SEOUL, South Korea — After a summit high on theatrics, emotional displays of Korean reconciliation and some important but familiar sounding plans to boost bilateral relations, North Korean leader Kim

The GOP soul

Published on Fri, 04/27/2018 - 12:00am

Members of the Republican Party, who hold a majority in the U.S. House and Senate, have been content to stand idly by while President Donald Trump has attacked any number

GUEST EDITORIAL: A state of perpetual war

Published on Thu, 04/26/2018 - 12:00am

Congress has long abdicated its constitutional authority with respect to the nation’s numerous and everexpanding wars abroad. It was welcome news, then, to learn that Sens. Bob Corker, R-Tennessee, and