Opinion Columns
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Kavanaugh is better than his senatorial accusersSep 16, 2018 1:00 am - A surefire ideological Kool-Aid test? Those who think Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was wounded during his hearings have heavily imbibed. Democratic senators on...
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The threat to democracy - from the leftSep 14, 2018 1:00 am - For several years now, scholars have argued that the world is experiencing a "democratic recession." They have noted that the movement of countries toward democracy has ...
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Middle East wars fade in the fog of WashingtonSep 14, 2018 1:00 am - By Georgie Anne Geyer Last week, while the specter of The New York Times' "anonymous" editorial haunted the White House, and this week as we again mourned our losses 17 ...
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When a foreign adversary meddled in a presidential electionSep 13, 2018 1:00 am - In the 1990s, a hostile foreign power meddled in our presidential election. There were serious questions about whether one party's candidate - the beneficiary - was comp...
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Slusher: Anonymous sources and a newspaper's bond of trustSep 13, 2018 1:00 am - The Daily Herald sets five conditions for permitting the use of an anonymous source in our reporting. The New York Times editorial board's decision to permit the writer ...
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An anniversary, a hurricane and the things we leave behindSep 12, 2018 1:00 am - PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. - Tuesday morning, I did what millions of people have done in hundreds of places for centuries. I picked the few favorite items that I could take wi...
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A passion for social justice is inseparable from the Christian gospelSep 11, 2018 1:00 am - Since the Council of Nicaea, Christians have been prone to issue joint statements that are designed to draw the boundaries of orthodoxy - and cast their rivals beyond th...
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Trump testifies against himselfSep 11, 2018 1:00 am - The president continues to strengthen the case that he is obstructing justice. The latest evidence: a tweet in which Trump condemned his own Justice Department and Attor...
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What an EDUCATOR can do to make America greatSep 10, 2018 1:00 am - As a product of the post-civil-rights era, I've always felt confident in our shared commitment to the core principles that have guided the progress of democracy over the...
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Testimony of the tell-alls describes danger we faceSep 09, 2018 1:00 am - One of the major problems with President Donald Trump's impulsivity is its utter predictability. A recent Op-Ed in The New York Times by an anonymous administration offi...