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President Donald Trump, shown Oct. 13, 2018, has kept many of his campaign promises.

Trump could be the most honest president in modern history

May 31, 2019 at 4:19 p.m.

Donald Trump may be remembered as the most honest president in modern American history. Don’t get me wrong, Trump lies all the time. He said that he “enacted the biggest...

Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., says in his new book that "there is a growing consensus" that loneliness — not obesity, cancer or heart disease — is the nation's No. 1 health crisis.

A nation mired in loneliness

May 31, 2019 at 4:22 p.m.

If Sen. Ben Sasse is right — he has not recently been wrong about anything important — the nation’s most-discussed political problem is entangled with the least-understood public health problem....

A portrait of President Donald Trump's father, Fred Trump, sits in the Oval Office. A recent piece reported Trump received more than $400 million in today's dollars from his father's business empire.

Looking at Trump’s tax returns is only the first step

May 31, 2019 at 4:25 p.m.

Everyone is shocked, shocked to learn that President Donald Trump amassed his fortune not by the sweat of his brow, but rather the old-fashioned way: choosing the right parents and...

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh appears during a confirmation hearing on Sept. 5, 2018, in Washington.

How much evidence do we need to destroy someone?

May 31, 2019 at 4:22 p.m.

How much evidence is required to destroy a person’s life? Christine Blasey Ford has accused Brett M. Kavanaugh of attempted rape while they both were in high school — a...

Sen. Kamala D. Harris at the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 4, 2018 in Washington.

Never have we seen such a spectacle

May 31, 2019 at 4:22 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Brett M. Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation hearing is scheduled to last all week. Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley lost control after just 13 words. “Good morning,” he said....

Judge Brett Kavanaugh, shown Aug. 23, 2018, is President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee. Democrats have vowed to stop his confirmation.

The grilling of Brett Kavanaugh

May 31, 2019 at 4:19 p.m.

Senate Republicans and Democrats are at daggers drawn over confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. Instead, they should unsheathe some questions designed to illuminate the excitement of...

President Donald Trump pauses while speaking during the Ohio Republican Party State Dinner at the Greater Columbus Convention Center on Aug. 24, 2018 in Columbus, Ohio.

Trump doesn’t care about justice — only protection

December 12, 2018 at 7:48 p.m.

There's a reason why President Trump increasingly sounds like the mob boss in a cliche-ridden gangster film: That's basically what he is — and he must know how such movies...

First lady Melania Trump attends a summit on encouraging children to act civilly on social media on Aug. 20, 2018, in Rockville, Md.

One easy trick for Melania Trump to reduce cyberbullying

May 31, 2019 at 4:19 p.m.

WASHINGTON — It was as though Nancy Reagan had given a “Just Say No” speech while her husband honored the occasion back at the White House by snorting cocaine during...

The headquarters of the Lehman Brothers investment bank on Sixth Avenue Sept. 14, 2008 in New York City. The troubled Wall Street investment bank's bankruptcy filing presaged the 2008 financial collapse.

Are we headed for another Lehman-like episode?

May 31, 2019 at 4:18 p.m.

Eric Sevareid (1912-92), the author and broadcaster, said he was a pessimist about tomorrow but an optimist about the day after tomorrow. Regarding America's economy, prudent people should reverse that....

Counterdemonstrators pose for photographs ahead of the white nationalists' Unite the Right rally in Lafayette Park near the White House on Aug. 12, 2018, in Washington, D.C.

Trump’s failure to condemn the bigots of the alt-right scars his presidency

May 31, 2019 at 4:21 p.m.

How can a president as successful as Donald Trump be so unpopular? Fueled by his historic tax reform and an unprecedented regulatory rollback, the economy grew by an annualized rate...

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