"The hopes and fears of all the years ..." — Traditional Christmas carol WASHINGTON — Oh, the drama. The closing days of this Congress were a mad rush, more so than usual since the white mansion up Pennsylvania Avenue will soon change hands. The holiday parties given by the Bidens ...
There's a quote on my desktop from the Roman emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius that I'm making the subject of my New Year's resolution in 2025. It goes like this: "How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, ...
It has been a very long 2024 for many of us. For me, it has been prolonged because of my health. I have missed my time at the Herald writing the news and communicating with the community. However, in this year, I have been able to contemplate many things, trying to improve myself physically ...
Who'd have thunk it? The Assad regime collapses in Syria after 54 years. Russian President Vladimir Putin's hold on power seems undermined by imperial overstretch, and the mullahs of Iran have been unable to defend their skies and their leaders' hotel rooms from Israeli attacks. Leaders of the ...
Many American institutions have beclowned themselves in the past 10 years — too many to list. To count the right-leaning institutions that have not succumbed to Trumpian populism takes only one hand. But the decline of The Wall Street Journal's editorial page has been particularly galling ...
The Department of Government Efficiency has made a promise: It will go after regulations that slow growth, obstruct innovators and cost American households thousands of dollars each year. Here's hoping for success. The burden of excessive regulation is hard to measure. We know, for instance, ...
