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Labor Day: A Time to celebrate and help

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On this Labor Day weekend, as we celebrate the contributions of American workers, we must also remember those among us who have little or...

Christine M. Flowers: What flood? Critics go after Melania’s shoes

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”Arma virumque cano” is the first full sentence I learned in Latin. It’s the opening line to Virgil’s “Aeneid” and means “I sing of...

Kathleen Parker: To brother Cromartie, with love

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WASHINGTON — There is something eternally bonding about a shared near-death experience, which is how I first met Michael Cromartie.This was 15 or so...

Cal Thomas: Pardoning Sheriff Arpaio

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President Trump’s pardon of Joe Arpaio, the former sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, has drawn predictable responses. The left, which long ago exceeded its...

George Will: Yale offers a tutorial in social descent

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WASHINGTON — Summer brings no respite for academics committed to campus purifications, particularly at the institution that is the leader in the silliness sweepstakes,...

Christine Flowers: The shameful pardon of man who was ugly face of law enforcement

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I spent some hours this week trying to prevent a deportation. I wasn’t successful. It happens, the law must be followed and sometimes the...

George Will: Trump, the novice protectionist

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WASHINGTON — Sooner or later, and the later the better, the president’s wandering attention will flit, however briefly, to the subject of trade. So,...

Kathleen Parker: Give Robert Lee a raise

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WASHINGTON — You know we’ve reached a point of — something — when a sports announcer named Robert Lee is reassigned from calling a...

Judging Afghanistan by the numbers

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oes the president’s announced policy on Afghanistan make sense? To decide, let’s look at how a national security professional would deconstruct Trump’s Aug. 21...

Kathleen Parker: Eclipse a rare shared moment

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LINVILLE, N.C. — During the past two weeks, I’ve been conducting an experiment.I took a vacation.A real one, meaning I did nothing. Intentionally, I...