Editorial: US government revenues hit record highs
In his New York Times newsletter, business reporter Peter Coy in September argued that the only real solution for the nation’s rising debt crisis is “more tax revenue.” In other words, the government needs to take more money from Americans who work for a living.
Editorial: House Republicans’ empty impeachment inquiry cheapens an important process
The move by House Republicans Wednesday to formally open an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden was perhaps predictable back in January 2021 — with then-President Donald Trump’s second impeachment, for his role in the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol — or even as far back as December 2019, with Trump’s first impeachment, for trying to strong-arm Ukraine’s government into helping him win reelection.
Editorial: After COP28, let’s make this the ‘beginning of the end’ of fossil fuels
It took nearly three decades, but world leaders this week finally acknowledged the obvious: There is no way to slow climate change without winding down fossil fuels.
Editorial: Democrats, make a border deal to save Ukraine
In exchange for approving a supplemental national-security bill providing aid to Israel and Ukraine, Republican lawmakers are insisting on a far-reaching crackdown on the flow of migrants at the US’s southern border. Many Democrats continue to resist the GOP’s demands. They should reconsider.
Editorial: Revenge? Republicans need to chart a path forward
Kevin McCarthy, recently deposed as House speaker, has urged Donald Trump to move away from a message of “revenge.” McCarthy was referencing a speech Trump gave last month in which the former president told supporters he would be their “retribution” if he again wins the Oval Office.
Editorial: The impeachment of Hunter Biden: House Republicans aim for the wrong Biden
The straight party-line vote in Congress to impeach Joe Biden wasn’t about the president, but his wayward son, Hunter, who is facing a slew of federal criminal counts that he cheated on his taxes, as well as gun charges. The recovering drug addict and alcoholic is in a lot of trouble with Department of Justice Special Counsel David Weiss and could end up in prison for years. And it’s causing his dad major heartache and great political problems.
Editorial: Kevin McCarthy quits Congress. It’s poetic justice for the Trump apologist
It’s not surprising that dozens of members of the U.S. House of Representatives are choosing to leave the dysfunctional chamber rather than seek another term. The politics are toxic. The rhetoric is ugly. And it seems that members aren’t interested in doing much besides fighting the culture wars — and one another.
Editorial: Who opposes ‘safe and appropriate placement’ for LGBTQ kids?
Life is difficult enough for any child who ends up in foster care, and perhaps especially so for teenagers who are questioning their sexual identity. It should go without saying that foster parents in such a situation should be knowledgeable about LGBTQ issues and supportive of the child’s emotional and medical needs and preferences.
Commentary: What is societal burnout? We are living it
Are you waking up with a lump in your throat that never used to be there? Is there an ache in your chest — best described as heartache — relatively new to you? Do you look at your children, fearing for their future and well-being? Do your eyes fill with tears, but you are not sure why?
Editorial: No evidence for Biden impeachment inquiry? No problem. The House GOP doesn’t seem to care
The politically inspired impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden has failed to produce any convincing evidence that Biden has committed the “high crimes and misdemeanors” required by the U.S. Constitution for the conviction and removal of a chief executive. So naturally Speaker Mike Johnson is proposing a floor vote, likely next week, to authorize the inquiry as a “necessary step.”
Editorial: White House green slush fund throwing around cash
It’s holiday season, and the Biden administration is in full Santa Claus mode. Never mind the $33 trillion national debt clock whirring upward, the White House is making liberal use of a massive green slush fund to dole out taxpayer-funded goodies to favored special interests.
Editorial: President’s inflation rhetoric revives tired old standby
As President Joe Biden founders in the polls, he’s decided to revive a hackneyed progressive standby: The rampant inflation Americans have experienced under his administration is actually the fault of evil corporations.
Editorial: ‘Guns don’t kill’? Then why are US deaths such an outlier when maniacs attack?
The knife attack that wounded an adult and three children in Dublin last week, and the subsequent anti-migrant rioting there, demonstrated the ways in which the U.S. and Ireland are part of the same chilling trajectory of political violence and intolerance that is wracking so much of the world today — as well as the one big way in which America remains a tragic outlier from other advanced nations.
Editorial: Feds need to oversee states’ wind-down of Medicaid
Temporarily expanding Medicaid during the pandemic was one of America’s sharpest responses to COVID-19. But the wind-down has been anything but. The Biden administration needs to ensure that Florida and other states are not haphazardly removing the neediest from this vital health insurance.
Commentary: To reduce workplace injuries, make jobs safer
Antonio Flores, a Cincinnati construction worker, still suffers the effects of a severe workplace injury from last December. Working without proper equipment for heavy lifting, he was hurt when a large pipe fell on him, breaking his back.
Editorial: Critical thinking is losing out to TikTok. A Thanksgiving intervention might help
We’ve seen contagions induced by social media before. But the sudden popularity of TikTok videos in which confused young people muse on the merits of Osama bin Laden’s “Letter to America” reveal the depths of this particular app’s ability to corrupt young minds.
The Biden campaign needs to pivot to marijuana
As President Joe Biden looks to boost his reelection campaign and lousy poll numbers, there’s one policy position that is popular with voters, could help unite Democrats and would leave Republicans scrambling to respond. It’s time he come out in support of legalizing recreational use of marijuana.
Editorial: Did the maker of Oreos surreptitiously cut the creme-to-cookie ratio? Say it ain’t so, Mondelez
Some scandals are more delicious than others.
Editorial: Senator’s political posturing threatens national defense
An ominous tenor of war has descended over the world. Hamas’ horrific attacks of Oct. 7, and Israel’s response in Gaza, could spur a wider conflict throughout the Middle East. Ukraine continues to resist Russia’s unprovoked attack and occupation. China’s aggressive behavior toward Taiwan could foreshadow an invasion.
Editorial: Terror group Hamas uses Gaza hospitals for cover
The usual suspects are rebuking Israel for “attacks” on hospitals in Gaza. Yet they speak nary a word about a terrorist organization that purposely encourages civilian deaths to create a propaganda tool designed to advance its efforts to eradicate the Jewish state.