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WASHINGTON — It is probably too soon to declare a feminist reformation, but a few signs here and there give one hope. Hold it, sirs, don’t stop readin...

WASHINGTON — The words, spoken about the Eric Garner travesty in New York, were righteous and powerful. “When you look at what they did to this guy an...

WASHINGTON — With the apparently imminent release of the Feinstein report on CIA interrogations of high-value terrorists a decade ago, let’s consider ...

WASHINGTON — The great oil bust of 2014 is something to behold. Since mid-June, crude prices have dropped roughly 40 percent, from $115 a barrel for t...

WASHINGTON — The decisions by two grand juries not to indict police officers in the deaths of black men mark an opportune moment — both depressing and...

SAN DIEGO — Next year, when folks are looking for a grand marshal for a Labor Day parade, they should skip Rep. Lou Barletta. The Republican congressm...

WASHINGTON — We Americans pride ourselves on not having a “welfare state.” We’re not like Europeans. We’re more individualistic and self-reliant, and ...

She quietly walked into the classroom and stood there, just inside the door, against a wall. The professor, his back to her, continued his lecture, un...

SAN DIEGO — As the parent of three young children, I want my kids to get in the habit of following current events. While I cook breakfast, they’ll oft...

WASHINGTON — Intellectually undemanding progressives, excited by the likes of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. — advocate of the downtrodden and the Exp...

WASHINGTON — As the curtain closes on the latest episode of “Ferguson,” the media series, it is fair to wonder whether events might not have spiraled ...

WASHINGTON — In 2010, Plymouth, Conn., was awarded $430,000 for widening sidewalks and related matters near two schools. This money was a portion of t...

WASHINGTON — On the subject of the Obama girls’ supposedly disrespectful behavior at the Thanksgiving turkey pardoning: not even close to unpardonable...

“The nation of which (Warren G.) Harding became president was not happy, and forces were underway which seemed likely, unless arrested, to bring more ...

WASHINGTON — Two obstacles stand in the way of getting Reginald Latson, autistic and with an IQ of 69, out of the solitary confinement in which he’s b...

WASHINGTON — My hometown of St. Louis has given up its sad secrets. Journalists — like tourists taking in the sights of social dysfunction — have expl...

On Nov. 20, the president of the United States delivered a speech on immigration. He said, “Scripture tells us we shall not oppress a stranger, for we...

WASHINGTON — With Democrats acting like this, who needs Republicans? Chuck Schumer, the No. 3 Senate Democratic leader who would very much like to be ...

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. — Newton’s Third Law of Motion WASHINGTON — America’s Newtonian Constitution might again fu...

WASHINGTON — When Barack Obama looks in the mirror these days, he must see a terrifying visage staring back at him: that of George W. Bush. In a cruel...