A lot more dies when a church closes than just a house in which a few people pray every week.

Johnson’s victory marks a big win against what he calls the “false choice” of “lock ’em up” versus a “holistic” approach to crime-fighting. For him, the holistic approach has won. Now we’ll see how he does in the minefields of the City Council to get his reforms funded.

The Trump rally promoted by CNN (but paraded as a “town hall”) included the inevitable references to the former president’s piggish remarks about women.

Many veterans struggle with substance use disorders. According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, over 3.9 million veterans have a substance use disorder or mental illness. Substance use disorders significantly increase suicidality among veterans ages 18 and older. Suicidal thoughts and behaviors are common among veterans ages 18 to 49.

President Biden is spending a massive amount on infrastructure and green initiatives in an economy where green regulation has made it increasingly difficult to build anything, certainly not in a cost-effective or timely manner. What the new industrial policy gives with one hand, the old industrial policy — and its attendant red tape — takes away with the other.

Former president Donald Trump’s appearance at a CNN Republican Town Hall in New Hampshire stretched the truth beyond any standard by which that virtue can be measured.

Even as the number of expensive calamities soars, Americans keep moving into the teeth of them. Florida, Texas, Arizona and other states at increasing risk of deadly weather have been the country’s fastest-growing states in recent years.

Britain broke away from the European Union on a promise of freeing itself from excessive regulation and striking out on its own. Yet a flagship project that might have served as a signal of confidence to the world is now stunted to the point that detractors still hope it might be put out of its misery completely.

When we speak of a legacy, we talk about the long-lasting impact of people and events that took place in the past. Despite her reputation for thin-skinned, petty and vindictive feuding, Lightfoot showed how to get some good things done — and how, with a bit more patience and prudence, she might have accomplished a lot more.

If Trump wins the Republican nomination next year, it will be partly because Republicans are once again drawn to what they consider his distinctive and unmatched sense of personal power.