• College sports are a mess

    College sports have long been influenced by money. These days, commercial gain appears to be the point. Some athletes…
    July 30, 2026
  • Don’t pretend Iran deal is a win. But don’t waste it, either

    If the deal the U.S. has struck with Iran to end hostilities in the Persian Gulf is welcome, it’s…
    June 19, 2026
  • Gas tax holiday pitch is good politics, but bad economics

    Even as the U.S. and Iran wrestle over an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, surging gas prices…
    May 28, 2026
  • Navy’s new battleship is a boondoggle in the making

    The U.S. Navy says it plans to buy 15 hulking “battleships” over the next 30 years. The number of…
    May 26, 2026
  • The Insurrection Act needs stronger guardrails

    Even if the administration has temporarily backed off threats to invoke the Insurrection Act to quell protests in Minnesota,…
    February 10, 2026
  • $2,000 tariff rebates a flawed idea

    Unsustainable government borrowing has already put the economy on course for fiscal breakdown — but don’t discount Washington’s ability…
    December 8, 2025
  • CDC’s new vision sounds alarm bells

    Susan Monarez’s 28-day tenure as the nation’s top public-health official was doomed from the start. Her boss, Robert F….
    September 12, 2025
  • RFK Jr. needs to explain himself

    Some 10,000 federal health workers lost their jobs earlier this month — among them, a group of regulators who…
    April 15, 2025
  • A dangerous combo: Trump and Tether

    Perhaps nothing encapsulates the perils of crypto better than Tether Holdings Ltd. Tether is a so-called stablecoin. It addresses…
    January 3, 2025
  • Keeping Senate’s independence should be John Thune’s top priority

    In choosing South Dakota’s John Thune as their new leader, Senate Republicans appear to have recognized a crucial truth:…
    November 18, 2024