<strong>P</strong>olicy aimed at promoting economic opportunity for poor children must be framed within three stark realities. First, many poor children come from families that do not give them the kind of support that middle-class children get. Second, as a result, ...

The following editorial appeared in Friday's Washington Post:Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., has now weighed in with a budget plan to counter the House Republican tax-and-spending blueprint. We'll get to that Democratic document in a moment. First, here's a quick ...

New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg's ban on large-size sugary drinks at certain establishments, colloquially known as the soda ban, is a lesson in how to make your cause look ridiculous.Bloomberg hoped the ban would spark a nationwide crackdown on sugary beverages. Instead, it became the ...

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was dealt a defeat this week, when a judge struck down his law limiting soda sizes in the city to no more than 16 ounces. He defended the measure as an anti-obesity effort; his numerous, loud and vocal critics decried him as a "nanny state" politician stepping ...

Two years ago, on a night much like tonight, I was at the state capitol. It was the last night of the legislative session, and lawmakers were either hard at work or eating dinner.I was standing outside holding a sign and singing "This Little Light of Mine" with hundreds of other people -- my ...

The following editorial appeared in Tuesday's Washington Post:A recent report by a task force of the Defense Science Board on cyber-conflict makes clear that all is not well in preparing for this new domain of warfare.The U.S. military often uses "red" teams to challenge established "blue" ...