The most important question to be asked about the next four years is whether Big Tech will not only have a loud voice in Washington, but also ensure that its power continues to grow.
Every once in a while a politician will say something that reveals they're more interested in making us live the kinds of lives they want us to live—whether it serves our needs or not—than in serving the public.
Amidst this year's anxiety, uncertainty and pain, it is easy to forget that this is far from the first time Americans have found themselves in these circumstances.
Burdened with loans, unprotected by savings and entering an unsettled jobs market, students and recent graduates are fast becoming the most precarious generation in years.
The very same members of Congress who aren't comfortable with voting to send Americans in uniform into harm's way seem more than willing to vote to keep them there.
Progressives should favor the Constitution's super-majority procedures, which generally promote more reason and less passion in government, demand greater consensus throughout society for public policy, and protect minority rights.
While Qatar's ties to Iran might be tolerated, given its geographic realities, its financial support for terrorist organizations and Islamist insurrections cannot be accepted.
If Biden needs someone to play the part and please progressives, without getting anything done that could hurt the administration, Inslee is his best bet.
Since vaccines work by building herd immunity, a refusal to vaccinate among large segments of the population would deal a serious blow to any disease control strategy.
Al Qaeda's leader Ayman Zawahiri may have been killed recently, as was his second-in-command a few months prior. But the group has largely sidestepped the dilemma of leadership decapitation.
Centering the GOP's hopes on a triumphant return of Trump, and attempting to vindicate his claims of a stolen election, can only harm the party and the country.
Lowering the Medicare eligibility age would waste scarce taxpayer dollars on millions of disproportionately affluent Americans who already have health insurance.
