Category: Opinions

Republican leadership took yet another hit from the conservative wing of the Republican Party with the resurfacing of the “Defund Obamacare” initiative last week and Sen. Ted Cruz’s subsequent jump into the national spotlight. Cruz’s 21-hour speech accomplished nothing important. His campaign to “make DC listen” only alienated his fellow party members and further divided...

Dear Editor, My dad cried when Steve Jobs died. Granted, he cries about a lot of things—including car ads and really clean rooms—but something struck me when he called to tell me that news. Steve Jobs was a lousy father and an impossible boss, but he meant something to my dad. Maybe it was the...

At the conclusion of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” several characters sail away for the African colony of Liberia. But what happened after that? Resettlement, or colonization, of former slaves had gained traction in the Antebellum period, and prominent supporters included Henry Clay and President Abraham Lincoln. After the war, however, colonization efforts faded,...

[Editor’s note: we can neither confirm nor deny the veracityof this article] Rubble, flames, and carnage alone remain of Washington after Tuesday’s government shutdown. It began after negotiations to simulate budgeting between Republican House Speaker John Boehner, Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and President Obama failed. “These Republicans are intransigent and stubborn, so obviously...