Opinions

He knew how hard it was to rise in the world, and how easy to fall.

Powell knew that he was always being judged in ways that a White man would not have to endure.

Parents ought to leave their child on a mountaintop and go about their lives.

The discipline of history teaches us to engage with discomforting, distressing ideas without fearing them.

Independent voters are turning on him. His domestic spending package is a big reason for that.

Some states spend several hundred dollars per child, per day, for “care” that is systemically abusive.

The lack of complete data is unacceptable.

"Small businesses drive job creation" and other falsehoods still drive policymaking, even though they've been contradicted.

Lifetime tenure is a strength of the high court. Ending that would do more harm than good.

The hero's new direction has some critics — and they get some things right.

South Dakota and others enable corruption with their trust rules.

The country's leader, Alexander Lukashenko, is descending to new depths of repression.

Pardoned once, he now seeks to flout Congress and get away with it.

As Western governments and oil companies ramp down production, the state-owned giants of Saudi Arabia and Russia seek to seize market share. A carbon tax could stop them.

Proposing a mandate with no consultation with anyone responsible for delivering critical services is irresponsible.

Though many people have been frustrated over the profound educational challenges posed by the pandemic, only a small minority objects to the paths their local school districts have taken in response to this once-in-a-century crisis.

Both candidates for governor got the issue wrong at their debate.

Most lawyers pride themselves on upholding high ideals of equality and fairness under the law. If ever there were a time for them to labor in service to these principles, that moment is now.