March 12, 2019
Immigration
House Democrats bring back the Dream Act
Congress has never been able to agree on an immigration reform bill, but that won’t stop Democrats from advancing a measure to provide a pathway to citizenship…
Infrastructure
Solving the truck driver shortage
The Senate and the House have resurrected a controversial effort to allow truck drivers under 21 to drive across state lines. Although 48 states allow 18-year-olds to…
Business
Bill would force changes to keyless ignition fobs
An avid New York Yankees fan even after he moved to Boynton Beach, Fla., Jerry Zitser wouldn’t have missed a televised game, so his daughter knew something…
Beltway Confidential
Daylight robbery
The first two weeks of March have already brought us Mardi Gras, Peanut Butter Lovers’ Day, and the much more dreaded “spring forward” of daylight saving time,…
Healthcare
Healthcare industry hostile to Medicare for All
House Democratic leaders are swiftly moving legislation to shore up Obamacare, saying they have a mandate from voters to fight back against the Trump administration’s “sabotage” of…
Magazine - Columnists
None of this is normal
A front-page headline in the Washington Post the other day declared: “Trump keeps his grip on GOP.” Hardly a scoop. It’s normal for a president to have…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Your TV is haunted
In a classic passage in his horror novel Something Wicked This Way Comes, Ray Bradbury brilliantly evoked the impatient expectation that surrounds Halloween. “And if it’s around…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Make or break at the Maidan
The wife of a Ukrainian banker takes no chances with her children. “I only let the kids out to go to school, otherwise I keep them close…
Magazine - Your Land
Rappers are lefty, except on taxes
Atlanta rapper 2 Chainz is the latest hip-hop follower of Friedrich Hayek. He’s just released “Sam,” which is from his new album “Rap or Go to the…