Opinion
Harrop: You want fiscal responsibility? Vote for Democrats
Just compare the records of recent presidential administration — and of the Republican Congress.
Life
Wife’s feelings are hurt when kids fight over Dad at bedtime
By Carolyn Hax / The Washington Post
Opinion
Burke: It’s a sin to tell a lie, but worse to ignore the liar
President Trump excuses it as ‘truthful hyperbole,’ but some lies will have dire consequences.
Opinion
Milbank: Melania hits on apt slogan: I really don’t care, do u?
What the First Lady meant might not be clear, but the sentiment fits her husband’s attitude on much.
Opinion
Saunders: Easy to find fault on both sides of border issue
Each side in immigration issues can be said to be using children as a shield for their arguments.
Opinion
Parker: The image of a crying child as Rorschach test
Split as we are over immigration, the reaction to a problematic photo of a child is equally divided.
Opinion
Will: Krauthammer was a diagnostician of public discontents
An accident paraylzed the med student’s body, but it allowed a brilliant mind to shine as a writer.
Opinion
Krauthammer: What Halley’s comet says of science and our lives
That a man understood the comet’s orbit was science. That most of us only see it once is…
Opinion
Krauthammer: The central axiom of partisan politics
That is to say: Conservatives think liberals are stupid; liberals think conservatives are evil.
Opinion
Schwab: America’s compassion detained along with the kids
Rather than brutalizing children, how about recalling the compassion that once made America great?
Opinion
Harrop: Trump’s critics in media hand him their megaphone
It’s dawning on those opposed to Trump that blindly repeating his inanities only amplifies them.
Opinion
Ignatius: Seige of port in Yemen raises hopes for truce
The proxy war in its third year between Iran and a Saudi-UAE coalition could see a settlement soon.
Opinion
Thiessen: Southern Poverty Law Center embarrasses itself
Once celebrated and respected, the SPLC’s attacks on conservative voices have cost it credibility.
Opinion
Milbank: Trump official blind to U.S. casualties in trade war
Commerce chief Wilbur Ross, in a Senate hearing, seemed callous to the impacts of Trump’s tariffs.
Opinion
Ignatius: With the G-7 shaken by Trump, what can NATO expect?
An analyst says the alliance should stand firm and not fret whether Trump will praise or spank them.
Business
Hey mom, back off on the car talk
Two experts respond to one helicopter parent offering unwanted financial advice.
Business
First order of business for education: improve K-12 system
“Promise programs” for community college are a good step, but there are more urgent needs.
Opinion
Ignatius: Trump, Kim have handshake deal; now for the details
Legwork by diplomats comes next, and it will need to progress soon to avoid the deal falling apart.
Opinion
Milbank: Clinton emails, not migrant children, have GOP focus
With a humanitarian crisis on the border, what gets Republican attention? A rehash of her emails.
Opinion
Parker: Trump wants his wall so badly, this is what he’ll do
What making kids suffer says about Trump isn’t as important as what it says about us if we…