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Stiehm: Cherry tree therapy for the House GOP?

Washington's pink cherry blossoms, a spring sight for sore eyes, are about to be whacked. The Park Service says 150 trees must be cut down to build a new seawall round the Tidal Basin, where the marble Jefferson Monument perches perfectly on the water. That calls up the legend of young George ...

Erickson: Pause

The world is headed into Holy Week, the holiest of times for the world's more than 2 billion Christians. Christians believe that Jesus of Nazareth entered Jerusalem as a king on Palm Sunday; was tortured, crucified, killed and buried on Friday; and rose again on Easter Sunday. It is one of the ...

Garvey: Fishing in the tainted pond of politics

My state ghosted the primary. Well, not everyone did, but more than enough did to make turnout historically low. Nearly four out of five registered voters in Chicago, for example, skipped the election. (That's to say nothing of the folks who never registered in the first place.) The figures ...

Barone: The electric car fiasco

Donald Trump's anodyne if overexcited comment that the U.S. auto industry would face a "bloodbath" if he's not elected and doesn't impose 50% or 100% tariffs on cars produced predictable results. "Don't outsmart yourself," Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) posted, and Joe Biden's campaign promptly ...

Letter: ‘No-kill’ animal shelter policies do more harm than good

Dana Fuchs’ March 22 guest column is dangerous, hateful propaganda. No one wants animals to be euthanized for lack of homes—least of all, the compassionate people who must perform this act of mercy in order to keep shelters’ doors open to the endless stream of animals in need. But forcing ...

Guest opinion: Electoral College helps Putin

Very few Americans appreciate how useful the Electoral College has been to Vladimir Putin. Over two decades ago, George W. Bush was installed as president after losing the popular vote to his opponent by more than 543,000 votes. Putin publicly used our flawed election as an excuse to take the ...