Commentary / World Aug 4, 2021

Can Democrats go it alone on immigrant amnesty?

If Democrats try to enact an amnesty, they will probably get shot down — but not before doing more damage to public confidence in the U.S. political system.

Commentary / World Jun 21, 2021

A scary plan to revise the definition of death in the U.S.

The current law’s silence about how brain death is diagnosed means that someone could be found legally dead in Nevada even if ruled alive in Kansas.

Commentary / World Mar 16, 2021

Virus keeps refusing to follow anyone’s partisan script

Among the world’s rich countries, the U.S. has a middling COVID-19 death rate: better than the U.K. or Italy, worse than France or Sweden.

Commentary / World Mar 4, 2021

What Neera Tanden’s demise says about ‘cancel culture’

What Tanden’s defeat mostly tells us is that you should not insult a group of thin-skinned people if you might need their support in the future.

Commentary / World Sep 30, 2020

‘Clowns' and 'fools’ mark a U.S. debate with only 'lowlights'

The debate changed nothing, except to diminish the country’s dignity just a little bit more.

Commentary / World Aug 12, 2020

What people fear most about ‘cancel culture’

A new survey shows that rising numbers of Americans are clamming up, regardless of age, race or even politics.

Commentary / World Jun 3, 2020

Biden’s old-time liberalism finds its moment

The Democratic candidate’s speech repudiated progressives by condemning riots.

Commentary / World Apr 18, 2020

Overzealous policies erode support for lockdown

My city’s government has closed the entrance to the parking lot of a park near my home in an effort to prevent people from congregating. The main result, as far as I can judge, is that a lot of people are irritating the neighborhood ...

Commentary / World Feb 18, 2020

Is it already too late to stop Bernie Sanders?

Like Trump before him, the Vermont senator is benefitting from a divided opposition.

Commentary / World Feb 7, 2020

Forget the Iowa fiasco — Trump is the Democrats' real problem

The U.S. president's triple threat: high approval rating, stable economy and a united party.