Private meetings in Washington often speak more loudly than public speeches. The recent meeting between House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and influential outside adviser, is one of those moments. The two New Yorkers reportedly ...

What a difference a few years make. Not long ago, politicians said climate change was going to kill us, so we must move to "net zero" emissions. This is theoretically possible. Since vegetation removes carbon, we could get to net zero by burning fewer fossil fuels. Governments ...

I got a cell phone when I was 13 years old. It seemed normal, but I never should have been making decisions that could affect my whole life. I was just a child. I think that is what surprises me the most when I look back. Not that I became addicted. Not that it negatively impacted my mental ...

If Pete Buttigieg is the key to winning more Black votes for Democrats in South Carolina, then Black voters should be very clear about what they really want. The former secretary of transportation under President Joe Biden is campaigning in South Carolina under the assumption that his ...

Have you ever considered having your own country? A friend and I used to daydream about this in high school. The mountains were high and the emperor far away, as the Chinese proverb goes, so a spread of a few hundred acres, maybe the size of Monaco, seemed possible with $100-an-acre land. ...

Well, it's back-to-school season again, and parents across the country know what that means: It's time to download some new apps. Yes, you already have 10 apps; that's true. There's one for the park district, one for summer camp, one for your oldest kid's teacher to post weekly updates, ...