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It came a day or two late for Thanksgiving, but congressional Republicans gave democracy lovers something to be thankful for over the holiday weekend: signs of spinal fortitude.
As soon as he was nominated to be secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, with his Crusader cross tattoo and his attendance at a hard-edge Calvinist church, became a natural vessel for liberal fears about that dread ed concept “Christian nationalism.”
Some of the damage done by “campaign finance reforms” has been reversed. And Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that likely will continue the court’s dismantling of measures the political class has enacted to control political speech about itself.
I know of an elderly woman who died recently. She wasn’t rich, but was comfortable in her finances. Never married or had children, she left her assets to her nieces and nephews, who she hosted every Thanksgiving and Christmas from the time they were infants until the time she was no longer able.
Donald Brockett and Kevin Coe faced off in one of Spokane's biggest criminal cases nearly 45 years ago. This fall they died within a few weeks of each other.
Across much of the industrial world, trust in government is low and declining. Why is this happening and why, exactly, does it matter? An unusually thorough new study looks at these questions and finds answers that are somewhat unexpected and, in one way, more disturbing than you might have guessed.
The Trump administration has hit upon an unorthodox solution to the cost-of-living crisis: pumping more gasoline. Executives from Ford Motor Co., General Motors Co. and Stellantis NV attended a White House ceremony on Wednesday afternoon to unveil proposed looser fuel economy standards for vehicles – as well they might.
Over Thanksgiving week, the talk of the economically focused internet was a viral essay claiming, absurdly, that the real poverty line in America for a family of four is $140,000 a year.
President Donald Trump is promoting the idea of sending a $2,000 check to most Americans funded by revenues brought by his tariffs on imports. The scheme has received a frosty reception from Trump’s fellow Republicans in Congress and economists alike, and they are unlikely to happen. If the White House really wants to ease the burden that tariffs have created for lower-income households, then it might want to look to our neighbor to the north, Canada, which has become a global leader in making consumption taxes more equitable.
Last month, I wrote about my adventures babysitting a toddler named Chuck and asked readers to share stories about their first jobs.
President Donald Trump’s renewed crusade against legal immigration poses a direct threat to the long-term financial interests of the older white Americans who remain his core supporters.
The men’s college basketball season is tipping off under a cloud of betting scandals.
The housing market keeps getting worse. Home prices have risen more than 50% since the pandemic. About a third of Americans households now spend more than 30% of their income on housing. In 2014, the median age of a first-time homebuyer was 31. In 2025, it was 40 – the highest on record.
When Flying Pie Pizzaria announced that it would give away a free 10-inch pie last Wednesday to anyone who was SNAP-eligible with an EBT card, it felt like a timely, generous gesture. Sure, the temporary lapse in funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) had ended. (Thanks, dysfunctional federal government!) But as the Boise-based chain posted on Facebook, “the holidays ...
Maggie the golden Lab looks like she’s ready to jump through the front door of Deanna Carpenter’s home.
High school seniors completing college applications confront a smorgasbord of choices. Herewith, eight suggestions:
Much of the national discussion around the Epstein case has focused on the political drama. But as New York Times Opinion columnist Lydia Polgreen and contributing Opinion writer Molly Jong-Fast remind listeners, this is a case about the “conspiracy of silence” that perpetuates sexual violence against women. The two writers explore the intertwining paths of the Jeffrey Epstein saga and the #MeToo movement, the challenges of accountability and whether this moment could mark a change for American culture and politics.
When Donald Trump’s approval ratings dropped sharply last April, the wound was essentially self-inflicted and the prescription relatively simple: Dial it back. Meaning smaller and less destructive tariffs, a retreat from brinkmanship with the Supreme Court, less random hacking away at government programs by Elon Musk and Co.
