
Opinion

BARONE: Reality has a vote, in politics as in entertainment
SHAPIRO: How not to fight a trade war
ERICKSON: Regardless, good
STOSSEL: Living hell? I don’t believe it

WILLIAMS: It may seem that our republic is on its deathbed. Have we been here before?
De RUGY: Economic nostalgia fails us again
COOPER: Understanding the value of America’s Constitution
HARROP: Musk was smart but clueless
CRIMMEL: Connecting people to nature through environmental humanities can benefit us all
The Homefront: ‘You can’t make me!’ I already did. Happy Mother’s Day
Several decades ago, my youngest daughter, all of three years old, responded to my request that she clean up some toys she didn’t want to clean up by standing before me, hands on her hips, chin jutted out and eyes blazing as she defiantly told me, “You can’t make me!” The thought that ...
SHAPIRO: How not to fight a trade war
This week, the stock market yo-yoed wildly, taking investors on a roller coaster of stunning lows and sudden highs. Rarely has investment been so gut-churning. And the reason for the turbulence is obvious: the Trump administration's continuing mixed signals over its trade war. When that trade ...
BARONE: Reality has a vote, in politics as in entertainment
Reality has a vote. That is one lesson administered to the body of politics in the first 100 days of President Donald Trump's second administration. After the president gleefully announced his "Liberation Day" tariffs on April 2, stock market prices fell sharply, and the bond market became, as ...
STOSSEL: Living hell? I don’t believe it
"Climate change will make earth a living hell!" claims popular astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson. I don't believe him. The media say, "All Arctic ice will soon melt away! Polar bears are dying off! Global warming causes food shortages!" Bunk, bunk, bunk. They are addicted to scaring ...
ERICKSON: Regardless, good
President Donald Trump supporters think the President always strategizes ahead of others — like multidimensional chess. Trump critics think the man who beat Democrats twice is too stupid to think, much less strategize. Those closest to Mr. Trump say he is doing what he does best — going ...
De RUGY: Economic nostalgia fails us again
History may not perfectly repeat itself, but it often rhymes. Two protectionist episodes — the infamous Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 and the Trump-era tariffs of today — offer a striking example. Both emerged from economic nostalgia and fear of change. Both were politically attractive. ...