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GARVEY: The ‘easy way out’ may not be so easy after all

I've been hearing a lot lately about how it's "taking the easy way out" to use GLP-1s to lose weight. That may be true. But then again, you might be able to say the same thing about virtually every medical advancement. When you boil it down, chemotherapy is "taking the easy way out" of ...

BARONE: Political parties on perilous ground

As Donald Trump's Republicans look askance as he launches what looks to some like another long-term war in the Middle East, and as the anti-Trump Democrats hold up Homeland Security funding in what looks to some like prioritizing illegal immigrants over U.S. citizens, one is tempted to ask, ...

COMER: The laziness and dangers of slogans

My 11-year-old son recently went to Salt Lake City for a field trip to the Utah Symphony. He told me that as he was walking there with his class, he noticed a sign that said "F*** ICE." Yes, the word was spelled out. Several days ago, he said that while he was walking home from school, he saw ...

BARONE: Supreme Court throws out Trump tariffs and upholds Constitution

So much for the notion that the Supreme Court, with its 6-3 majority of justices appointed by Republican presidents, was going to be a rubber stamp for Donald Trump. That is a frequently voiced charge by partisan Democrats, and a fear of many ambivalent voters who find many of Trump's policies ...

COMER: Choosing who to cheer for in Olympics

I’ve always been partial to figure skating in the Winter Olympics. It’s probably the only Winter Olympics sport (well, aside from hockey) that I really care about knowing who won. A lot of that has to do with my mom. She watched figure skating when I was a kid and I ended up watching ...

WILLIAMS: What should President Trump say at his State of the Union on Tuesday?

America is tired. Not tired of debate. Not tired of conviction. Americans can handle disagreement. What they are weary of is perpetual combat. They are weary of the temperature always being set at boiling. They are weary of economic anxiety, cultural distrust and political trench warfare that ...