Historians may settle on President Donald Trump's demolition of the United States Agency for International Development as the perfect exemplar of America's precipitous plunge: the nullification of the best and most idealistic of what we have to offer by those whose values are the worst and ...
Labor Day is often regarded as the unofficial end of summer, one last long weekend — a final trip to the camp or a backyard gathering. But the holiday also gives us an opportunity to pause and remember what Labor Day is really about — honoring the American worker. Our communities do not run on their own. We depend on people who get up every morning and go to work. teachers; health care workers; construction workers; farmers; retail and service employees; police officers, firefighters and other public servants protect and serve us. Many of these workers rarely receive recognition ...
WASHINGTON — The city takes a deep breath after the president's IndyCar auto races came and went without crashing a precious Smithsonian artwork, and before Congress returns. Cicadas and tennis balls make background music. Thank god we didn't lose a Cezanne or Renoir as IndyCar drivers ...
Anna Wintour spent nearly four decades reigning over Vogue magazine. She was chair of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute and its glitzy gala. Wintour is an inspiration for the imperious fashion editor in "The Devil Wears Prada." With her trademark bob hair, sunglasses and ...
As the 25th anniversary of 9/11 nears, the biggest disgrace is that the attack's evil mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, has not been tried and sentenced to death. Blame the American Civil Liberties Union, in large part, for this injustice. The ACLU intervened at the start, insisting that ...
PARIS — U.S. President Donald Trump has a talent for finding political landmines like a pig sniffs out truffles. Then promptly blowing himself up with them. Repeatedly. He keeps picking fights with Canada that inadvertently create more leverage against himself. Trump reacted to Canada ...
