Columns

Detroit, once one of the nation's most vibrant cities, faces imminent bankruptcy.

WASHINGTON -- News that women increasingly are the leading or sole breadwinner in the American family has resurrected the perennial question: Why do we need men?

"This war, like all wars, must end. That's what history advises ..."

The headlines were misleading: "Moms are Breadwinners in Record 4 of 10 Households." Immediate thought: Wow, 40 percent of wives are primary breadwinners. Nope.

A thoughtful reformer targets the traditional rules of an aging institution that has retarded progress in the past. Time to modernize those rules, the reformer says, and prevent obstruction in the future.

WASHINGTON -- It's good to know that the war on terror is finally over. It was all so ugly, what with the beheadings and bombings.

The thrice-promised land it has been called.

When an outfit announces that it is acting in "the public interest," the public is wise to be wary.

President Obama may or may not have known that his own IRS officials were singling out conservative groups for harassment and intimidation, but that campaign was entirely consistent with the political culture actively fostered by Obama and Democratic officialdom.