Opinions

When will they learn that conventional Beltway wisdom doesn’t apply to this president?

Tip No. 1: Keep your day job. It doesn’t pay to get too comfortable.

Because governing is their stock-in-trade, a complete collapse of confidence in our capacity for self-rule will — fairly or not — hurt them, too.

He must decide how much he wants to be president; Democrats must decide how single-minded they are about defeating Trump.

Political paralysis and partisanship are sabotaging America’s military edge.

It’s long been obvious that many of the complaints about Pelosi’s continued leadership are rooted in a combination of sexism and ageism.

The wild swings in stock prices are one cause for concern. But what else?

Next year is going to be one of the uglier, angrier entries in the annals of American history

The president was practicing leadership as only he knows how; Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi just happened to be there.

Freedom and quasi-independence are the dividends of careful relationships with both China and the United States.

Conservatives talk a big game about our deficits and national debt, but ignore our fiscal mess when in power.

Now that Cohen has been sentenced, the hearings can begin.

Far too often, conservatives are so afraid of identity politics that they refuse to seek out unique experiences.

The Trump administration seemingly cannot bring itself to seek justice for Jamal Khashoggi. But it could, at least, intervene on behalf of the living.

It's been a year since I wrote about the tax on women in national security circles. Has anything changed?

Actively bad-mouthing expertise is how you get the current White House quagmire.

Our fights over nominees might be bitter, but they’re still less contentious than the 19th century.

The competing capitalisms surrounding athlete-activism.

We need to hear more from taxpayer-funded researchers, not less.

Why people ignore wish lists, and other mysteries of holiday gift-giving

The state’s attorney general is appealing a gerrymandering ruling, but he’ll lose.

The home of the FBI effectively achieved what Brutalism always intended.

The Long Bridge Project could transform transportation.