Opinion

John Darkow | Columbia Missourian

Commentary: Are senators impartial ‘jurors’ or partisan hacks?

By Michael McGough Los Angeles Times Reporters who cover Congress are rightly…

  • Jan 21st, 2020

 

Gary McCoy

Commentary: The botched Democratic case for witnesses

By Rich Lowry The fate of the republic, we are now supposed…

  • Jan 21st, 2020

 

Bruce Plate | Cagle Cartoons

The world according to Bernie Sanders is worth a serious look

By Doyle McManus Los Angeles Times For most of his 29 years…

  • Jan 20th, 2020

 

Taylor Jones | Hoover Digest

Commentary: Questions on Trump’s economy are vexing for Dems

By Jay Ambrose Tribune News Service You almost felt sorry for them,…

  • Jan 20th, 2020
Taylor Jones | Hoover Digest

Commentary: Inslee vows to give state a clean fuel standard

OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee badly wants a clean fuels standard in…

  • Jan 17th, 2020

Why Trump’s impeachment trial makes Senate Republicans squirm

By Francis Wilkinson Bloomberg News As the impeachment of President Donald Trump…

  • Jan 17th, 2020

Warren-Sanders spat on display at latest Democratic debate

By Carl P. Leubsdorf The Dallas Morning News For 43 minutes, the…

  • Jan 15th, 2020
Steve Sack/Minneapolis Star Tribune

American politics are stranger than fiction

If our politics were novelized, we would throw the book across the…

  • Jan 15th, 2020
Steve Sack/Minneapolis Star Tribune
Dave Granlund | Politicalcartoons.com

Commentary: President Trump is neither neocon nor isolationist

By Rich Lowry Donald Trump isn’t George W. Bush. That should be…

  • Jan 14th, 2020
Dave Granlund | Politicalcartoons.com
Adam Zyglis | Buffalo News

Fires a climate change warning to Australian leaders — and ours

By Evan Karlik Los Angeles Times With more than 14 million acres…

  • Jan 14th, 2020
Adam Zyglis | Buffalo News
Nate Beeler | Counterpoint

Commentary: The Constitution isn’t as malleable as Democrats think

I am a retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer. After that career…

  • Jan 13th, 2020
Nate Beeler | Counterpoint
Jeff Koterba | Omaha World Herald

Commentary: On Prohibition’s 100th anniversary, should we expect the same fate for marijuana?

By Donald J. Boudreaux & Adam C. Pritchard Tribune News Service Alcohol…

  • Jan 13th, 2020
Jeff Koterba | Omaha World Herald
House Republican Leader J.T. Wilcox, left) and caucus chair Rep. Paul Harris talk to the media Dec. 19 in Olympia. Wilcox has called on Republican Rep. Matt Shea to resign following an investigative report that found he took part in “domestic terrorism” against the United States during a 2016 standoff at a wildlife refuge in Oregon. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte)

Far-right lawmaker Matt Shea has a House seat, but no caucus

Whether Democrats try to expel the GOP lawmaker will be a hot topic in the upcoming session.

House Republican Leader J.T. Wilcox, left) and caucus chair Rep. Paul Harris talk to the media Dec. 19 in Olympia. Wilcox has called on Republican Rep. Matt Shea to resign following an investigative report that found he took part in “domestic terrorism” against the United States during a 2016 standoff at a wildlife refuge in Oregon. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte)

Mission accomplished for Trump’s new whisperer

By Martin Schram Tribune News Service The new Trump Whisperer, former Kansas…

  • Jan 10th, 2020
R.J. Matson | CQ Roll Call

Commentry: Colin Kaepernick reinforces a stupid lie about America

By Rich Lowry In the torrent of idiotic commentary unleashed by the…

  • Jan 8th, 2020
R.J. Matson | CQ Roll Call
John Darkow | Columbia Missourian

Commentary: Trump may have started a war with Iran he cannot win

By Ivan Eland Tribune News Service Americans are understandably war-weary and President…

  • Jan 8th, 2020
John Darkow | Columbia Missourian
David Fitzsimmons | The Arizona Star

Commentary: We sure could use a credible president right about now

By Jon Healey Los Angeles Times After a U.S. drone blew up…

  • Jan 7th, 2020
David Fitzsimmons | The Arizona Star
Pat Bagley | Salt Lake Tribune

American capitalism: Improve it or risk losing it

By John Manzella Tribune News Service In 2019, the U.S. unemployment rate…

  • Jan 7th, 2020
Pat Bagley | Salt Lake Tribune
Ed Wexler | Politicalcartoons.com

Commentary: To work, Iran plan needs steadier hand than we’ve seen

By Hal Brands Bloomberg News The U.S. airstrike that killed Qassem Soleimani,…

  • Jan 6th, 2020
Ed Wexler | Politicalcartoons.com
John Cole | Scranton Times-Tribune

Commentary: Legalized pot should come with a public health campaign

By Elizabeth Heubeck The Baltimore Sun The eye-catching packaging features cookies in…

  • Jan 6th, 2020
John Cole | Scranton Times-Tribune