President Trump, fists cocked, landed Tuesday at the NATO summit in Brussels with an America-First determination the likes of which allies from Germany's Angela Merkel to Britain's Theresa May and U.S. foes such as China's Xi Jinping have never experienced -- or expected -- from a U.S. leader. Published July 10, 2018
Looking for another point of pride on our nation's 242nd birthday? Well, unlike the patriotic compositions of our mother country Great Britain, our paeans to our native or adoptive land do not presume a haughty superiority over other peoples and lands. Published July 4, 2018
Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement gives President Trump an opportunity to guarantee his legacy as the first Republican president to get it right for conservatives when filling Supreme Court openings. Published June 28, 2018
If the always eloquent President John F. Kennedy, a suave and mannered Democrat, was around today and said what you're about to read, I suspect the distinguished members of our Fourth Estate would ask not what they could do for his words. The press would ask how it could quote his words more often every hour of every day. Published June 13, 2018
Charles Krauthammer jolted us Friday with the news that it's only a matter of weeks before the cancer he has battled since last summer takes him from us. It will leave us bereft of the one of best approximations of an "uomo universale" America has had in many years. Published June 10, 2018
Ambassador Faith Ryan Whittlesey died early Monday after a long bout with cancer. She was 79. Published May 21, 2018
From a first-floor window in the family's summer home on Walker's Point, Barbara Bush spied me standing bemused, shivering and overcoat-less. Published April 18, 2018
By the time you read this, President Trump may have carried out his threat to bomb targets in Syria, some of which may host Russian troops. Published April 11, 2018
War-cloud watchers in both parties can relax a bit. The Mike Pompeo era of no-nonsense diplomacy is unlikely to explode into another series of Iraq, Afghanistan or Vietnam-style military expeditions. Published March 21, 2018
President Trump's firing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was crude, rude and way overdue. Published March 14, 2018
There's only one credible reason North Korea's murderous dictator Kim Jong-un would mean what he says about wanting to talk with President Trump about denuclearizing North Korea. Published March 9, 2018
Free-trade Republicans are boxing President Trump's ears as if he's a child who refuses to do his economics homework. Published March 9, 2018
The North Korean leader says he wants to talk with Trump about turning in his nukes for some late-model plowshares. Published March 7, 2018
President Trump, who could go down as one of our best presidents ever but has to work a bit harder at it, picked a 2020 campaign manager on Tuesday. In virtually the next breath he holds a White House gun-violence session with lawmakers and manages to make eyes cross and eyebrows arch among tens of millions of staunch supporters. Published March 2, 2018
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, whose city is across the bay from San Francisco, has publicly warned illegal immigrants in the area of scheduled sweeps by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Published February 26, 2018
President Trump has changed the image and basic goals not just of the conservative movement in America but of America itself. Published February 22, 2018
The greatest conservative show on earth is coming to town. Published February 20, 2018
Shaun White, your breathtaking final half-pipe snowboard run Tuesday had us weeping for joy with you. Published February 15, 2018
God bless Vice President Mike Pence for politely but firmly giving Kim Jong-un the silent equivalent of a two-word greeting. Published February 12, 2018
For the U.S. to start annual major July 4 military parades in Washington just doesn't seem to capture what America is all about. The shining city on the hill is not a militaristic image. But on the other hand, what's another $12 million out of a federal budget that's already so busted it's not funny? Published February 10, 2018
