Opinion

The September jobs report, released a month and a half late thanks to the government shutdown, contained some positive news that the Trump administration has reason to brag about. But it also revealed weakness in the economy, further reflected in fresh polling that the White House should take as a warning. Defying economic predictions, employers […]

To deck the halls, or not to deck the halls, that is the question. In recent years, discussions of whether or not one should decorate for Christmas before Thanksgiving have intensified. This is thanks to the internet, which allows us a peek into homes and lives that would otherwise remain unknown. Both sides in this debate […]

In today’s political climate, lies run rampant, and too often the lies come directly from the media. They feel protected because the laws regarding defamation are more lenient when a public figure is the subject. But President Donald Trump is pushing back against the lies and suing the media. Once again, he is standing up […]

From the moment Israel and Iran agreed to a U.S.-imposed ceasefire in June, ending a 12-day air war that the United States itself participated in, the Iranian nuclear issue has taken the form of one long, never-ending soap opera. As far as we can tell, Iran’s 400-kilogram stockpile of highly enriched uranium remains buried somewhere […]

Looking to solidify the progress made by President Donald Trump’s successful surge of federal law enforcement officers into Washington, House Republicans passed two crime bills this week that, if passed by the Senate and signed into law by Trump, would undo much of the damage caused by soft-on-crime Democrats in the District of Columbia over […]