George Will: Snakes on a plane for emotional support?
WASHINGTON — When next you shoehorn yourself into one of America’s ever-shrinking airline seats, you might encounter a new wrinkle in the romance of...
Tom Purcell: Actually, things are pretty good and getting better
“The country is divided. The political rhetoric is getting worse. The world seems to be in a mess.”“Relax, my friend. If you step back...
Kathleen Parker: Karma loves football
WASHINGTON — The delirium over the Philadelphia Eagles’ victory over the New England Patriots seems to have been matched by delight in Tom Brady’s...
Chris Erskine: The camaraderie of traffic jams and how L.A. becomes home
In front of me is a wobbly rental truck, the most lethal vehicle we’ll ever know. In the next lane lives a muscle car...
Andrew Malcolm: Trump’s wish list is grandiose
Watching Washington often seems like standing by some immense merry-go-round where the same faces riding the same issues keep coming around and around, suggesting...
David Voth: Your new victim rights started Feb. 5
Eighty-three percent % of Ohio voters approved a new crime victim rights amendment last November, Marsy’s Law, to the Ohio Constitution. It took effect...
George Will: Why good economic news is bad
WASHINGTON — In 1930, John Maynard Keynes was worried, but not about the unpleasantness that had begun the previous year and would linger long...
Kelly Anspaugh: On populism and gilded toilets
I’ve heard it remarked repeatedly that what Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump have in common is both are “populists.” This is absurd.Bernie Sanders was...
Gina Barreca: What happened? One day you wake up old
People age all at once. Nobody gets old gradually. One day you look at yourself and — whoa.Let’s say you’ve looked more or less...
Kathleen Parker: Sexual politics in search of fairness
WASHINGTON — Just minutes before the start of President Trump’s State of the Union address, Hillary Clinton dumped a mea culpa onto her Facebook...
