Columns

In the era of fake news, misinformation tends to spread quickly — especially during a time of crisis. The deceptions that have sprung up...

WASHINGTON — Many Americans’ moral vanity is expressed nowadays in their rage to disparage. They are incapable of measured judgments about past politics —...

Donald Trump famously declared, “I love the poorly educated!” and we know why. An electorate that’s ignorant about the basics of democracy is ideal...

Sen. Dianne Feinstein recently made it clear she is an anti-religious bigot who does not think someone who is a devout Roman Catholic ought...

WASHINGTON — When Bernie Sanders launched his bid for the Democratic nomination, he was often asked whether he, a democratic socialist, would actually become...

Listen. Imagine. Fail. Exhale.Those four words formed the outline of a most memorable commencement speech at our youngest, Joel’s, 2012 graduation ceremonies at the...

WASHINGTON — Life is exhausting — and daily choices are unbearably burdensome — for some Americans who are so comfortably situated that they have...

ROME — I spotted them on my way to dinner with a friend near Castel Gandolfo. They are migrants from Africa, sitting by the...

On March 14, 1891, in the city of New Orleans, 11 Italian Americans were lynched by an angry mob. The anger stemmed from a...

Although the end of Summer always signals the start of a challenging new school year, children and parents in Minnesota never expected the journey...