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STIEHM: The titanic Trump bill: Full speed in Congress

Let me tell you the story of the star-crossed Republican Senate and House of Representatives. Republicans can't cross the president and can't compromise with Democrats. They are utterly useless as lawmakers, precariously perched on slim majorities. The Trump Republican plan for the people is ...

ZITO: ‘Original Sin’ is a must-read

In reading "Original Sin," the blockbuster book by journalists Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson, I vividly remembered covering then-candidate Joe Biden when he came to my hometown in April 2019 to begin his run for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. As someone who covered Biden for ...

HARROP: ‘Abundance’ is abundantly confused

The hot-selling book "Abundance" is written by liberals who bash liberals, or more precisely, try to make them feel guilty. Sure, authors Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson shed some blame on conservatives for why America doesn't build as easily as it used to. But it's those liberals in expensive ...

JOHNSTON: A walk in the desert

On our long walk through the Escalante region of southern Utah, my friend Brian asked what made this a “desert.” He pointed to lush green cottonwood trees taking root in the cool floodplain. It wasn’t what he was expecting. This was Brian’s first exploit into the area, but it doesn’t ...