Opinions

Both countries are enduring a collective nervous breakdown of their political institutions.

Why they must resist the lure of nationalism.

But his rivals' pockets are deepening, too.

Sadly, the most recent horrors are not an aberration.

Those who agree with him are patriots. Those who disagree are not.

Since the Apollo missions, no human has ventured more than a couple hundred miles from Earth's surface. What will it take to send humanity back into our solar system?

Climate change is today’s existential threat.

The added cost of keeping astronauts alive makes manned missions absurdly more expensive than unmanned ones.

The president keeps presenting the country with uncomfortable moral tests. The GOP keeps failing them.

The clearest threat to our government: Total political dysfunction.

Those who rescue migrants are being prosecuted under a new Italian law.

The treasury secretary’s delay on the new $20 is exposed as a pretext.

The U.S. must protect its F-35 fighter jet without severing ties to a crucial Middle East partner.

He was a voice for decency in his Supreme Court opinions and his treatment of others.

Republicans seem to be jumping on the bandwagon as they accuse four Democratic congresswomen of hating the United States.

They want transparency, racial equity and social justice.

Metro rejected an ad campaign for an art installation about immigration.

They punted on the special session I called to talk about gun legislation. That’s not what they were elected for.

Politics is about choices, and today Republicans in the Virginia General Assembly chose a familiar response to the mass shooting in Virginia Beach: complete and utter inaction.

The mass shooting in Virginia Beach this summer should be incentive for lawmakers to prevent gun violence in our communities, regardless of where we live in the commonwealth.