There’s a certain American phrase we’ve stopped saying out loud: standards. Not preferences. Not vibes. Standards. And when you drop them — quietly, bureaucratically, with a shrug — you don’t get a gentler society. You get chaos with paperwork. You get tragedies no one wants to own. That’s why this week’s news from federal transportation
MoreThere is a certain gravity that comes with the Supreme Court. It is not written down anywhere, but Americans feel it instinctively. The justices wear black robes, not costumes. They speak in
It is a strange thing, the way America now keeps having to look at the unthinkable and call it by its proper name. Ryan Routh was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison
After months of lawyerly jousting and slow-walking, former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will sit for filmed, closed-door, transcribed depositions before the House Oversight Committee at the
House Republicans are rolling out a sweeping election overhaul package ahead of the 2026 midterms, pitching new national standards for federal elections that would tighten voter registration rules, expand voter ID requirements,