Columnists
What’s the point of passing a law that everyone knows is illegal?
PITTSBURGH — The mayor of this city, Bill Peduto, in relatively short order will likely pass an anti-gun bill with the support of most of city council.…
March 5, 2019
Columnists
Socialism, the default ideology of teen Manichaeans
All over Europe, children are walking out of class to protest climate change. Inspired by a Swedish 16-year-old called Greta Thunberg, who began her solo demonstration last…
Editorials
Cohen bolstered the character charges against Trump but weakened the legal ones
The words of a criminal liar ought not be treated as gospel. Still, Michael Cohen’s three days of testimony were nevertheless revealing. Revealing not in the sense…
Beltway Confidential
The real reason Trump walked away from Kim Jong Un
Why did President Trump walk away from Kim Jong Un? Because Trump is challenging the North Korean leader to overrule domestic forces that are skeptical about reaching…
Healthcare
Amy Klobuchar is actually quite liberal
Ever since Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., launched her bid for president, she’s been widely described as a “centrist” or “moderate.” In reality, she is quite liberal by…
Columnists
Democrats getting out on dangerously left-wing limb
There’s an old political saying that presidential candidates appeal to their parties’ wings — left for Democrats, right for Republicans — in the race for the nomination…
Columnists
The holy war over Trump
There’s a civil war on the Right again, and one of the insurgent groups just got a profile in the Atlantic. The Bulwark, the editorial platoon run…
Columnists
For GOP, attacking Michael Cohen’s credibility is a double-edged sword
Republicans relentlessly attacked Michael Cohen’s credibility when the president’s former fixer appeared before the House Oversight Committee Wednesday. It wasn’t hard to do; in addition to pleading…
Columnists
In the Manafort case’s ‘Exhibit 233,’ a page count has never been so fascinating
Last December, those looking for signs that Trump associates had colluded with the Russians to influence the presidential race got a new piece of information to support…