Mark Figley: A coach, his word and a paycheck
While Alabama’s Crimson Tide captured yet another college football crown with an impressive 26-23 comeback overtime win over Georgia, seemingly leaving only the hype...
Ken Pollitz: Benefits of riding the pine
When the lofty expectations of a highly touted high school basketball player are realized at the next level, the local watering holes are all...
George Will: Frederick Douglass, a champion of American individualism
WASHINGTON — It was an assertion of hard-won personal sovereignty: Frederick Douglass, born on a Maryland plantation 200 years ago this month, never knew...
Deroy Murdock: How Trump can build infrastructure the right way
NEW YORK — In a stellar State of the Union, President Donald Trump was firmly in control Tuesday evening as he addressed leaders in...
Kathleen Parker: Can Trump sustain newfound aura of gravitas?
WASHINGTON — It was a good speech.Calm down. I said good.Despite talking for an hour and 20 minutes, the longest speech since Bill Clinton’s...
Eric Peters: Turning off the paper mill
It’s ironic that the same government that imposes the most extreme measures on businesses in the name of the environment — and often, regardless...
Kathleen Parker: From ‘fake news’ to witch hunt
WASHINGTON — Conspiracies. Secret societies. Witch hunts.During the past year, we’ve heard reference to all of the above to explain away any suggestion of...
Ramesh Ponnuru: Losers in GOP’s tax plan can afford the loss
It says something about the politics of tax reform that some of the best parts of the new Republican bill are its most politically...
Dan K. Thomasson: Some free advice for Donald Trump
WASHINGTON — To Donald Trump:As one who spent nearly two years of his life as a journalist focused on Watergate, I have one piece...
Mark Figley: American cities are in shambles
Visit any major U.S. city today and it can safely be described as unsafe. Such cities also likely have a Democrat mayor and power...
