WASHINGTON — Disgraced ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick was defrocked in February and ordered by Pope Francis to live a “life of prayer and penance.” It seems the message did not get through. McCarrick, it turns out, is unrepentant. Slate reporter Ruth Graham recently visited the Capuchin friary in Victoria, Kan., where McCarrick is living in solitude. […]
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Jody Dube: LHS Comprehensive Expansion Project takes shape
The proposed Lewiston High School Comprehensive Expansion Project is set to be decided by local referendum on Nov. 5. As discussion commenced concerning the proposed wing, an auditorium/performing arts center was initially a focal point, along with spaces for instrumental and choral music and visual arts classrooms. Upon careful reflection, recognition of several other critical […]
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Danielle Allen: We need civics education in schools to build effective democratic citizens
By Danielle Allen The Washington Post It’s back-to-school time. Hoorah! Or perhaps not … It’s a tough few days. As one of my friends says, it’s like playing Time Tetris. Parents are asked to think about all kinds of things: What’s the transportation plan — bus, carpool, walk? What’s the after-school plan? Where will the […]
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Fareed Zakaria: The end of the world’s most successful political party
NEW YORK — Britain’s Tories are arguably the most successful political party of the modern age. The Conservatives have ruled Britain for nearly 60 of the 90 years since 1929 (the country’s first election with universal adult suffrage). But this week we watched the beginning of the end of the Conservative Party as we have […]
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Seditious conspiracy and other Obama administration parlor games
The trickle of information just now beginning to be made public by the Inspector General of the Justice Department, Michael Horowitz, provides a glimpse into the mind of former FBI Director James Comey and the methods he used to further a seditious conspiracy among Obama administration holdovers and other deep-state actors. “If two or more […]
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Robert Samuelson: Should the Fed fight back?
WASHINGTON — “To the barricades.” That’s one way of characterizing Bill Dudley’s recent proposal that the Federal Reserve fight back against President Trump’s unrelenting attacks. Although it is a phenomenally bad idea, it has the curious and paradoxical effect of revealing the primary defects of Trump’s economic policies. First, some background. Dudley — a former […]
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Froma Harrop: Curb your enthusiasms. Biden’s the one
As the Democratic contenders gallop around the backstretch, political handicappers are once again obsessing over the candidates’ crowd size, the enthusiasm of said crowds and the age of the enthusiasts. Once again, little of this should matter. We have been told for months that Elizabeth Warren and, to a lesser extent, Bernie Sanders are exciting […]
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Rich Lowry: Jeremy Corbyn represents real threat to Britain
Tory Prime Minister Boris Johnson has, to his credit, seized the initiative in the battle over whether Britain will truly exit the EU, and on what terms. But no one can know how this high-stakes gamble will turn out. Johnson just lost his slender parliamentary majority, and the prospect of a new election looms. If […]
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Leonard Pitts: Tired of the shootings? Not nearly enough …
“I am tired of the dying,” said Greg Abbott on Sunday. And well he should be. The Texas governor was in Odessa, in the western part of his state, to preside over a mass shooting there: seven dead, not counting the shooter, and 22 wounded, one of them a toddler. This follows a May 2015 […]
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Thomas Gift: China has reasons to keep fighting a trade war
By Thomas Gift Special to The Washington Post As new U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods took effect this week, China filed a case with the World Trade Organization alleging unfair trade practices. Some commentators continue to label the escalating bilateral trade war a “lose-lose” conflict. For example, NBC commentator Ali Velshi recently declared, “This is […]