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LEONARD PITTS JR.: Portman's U-turn wasn't heroic

Let there be no cheers for Rob Portman.

DAVID BROOKS: Tax plan harms growth engine

There is a statue outside the Department of Labor of a powerful, rambunctious horse being reined in by an extremely muscular man. This used to be a metaphor for liberalism. The horse was capitalism. The man was government, which was needed sometimes to re

Robert Avetisyan: Nagorno Karabakh -- 25 years of challenges and achievements

Feb. 20, 1988 was the day when Soviet authorities in Moscow saw the first real signs of what was soon to become the first truly democratic movement in the Soviet Empire.

John Kass: The pope's important challenge

By John Kass

Maureen Dowd: It's what you read -- not how you read

Auspicious my debut at Time was not.

Ami Ayalon: Obama's Israel trip offers hope

Israel, I fear, is on a suicidal path: It could cease to be the democratic home of the Jewish people.

Leonard Pitts: Free to err and slurp down sugar

Perhaps you remember when Dr. Doom conquered the world.

GLENN GARVIN: Suing for right to keep costs low

It's soooooo tempting to start this column with a joke about the first class-action lawsuit on behalf of zombies. But there's nothing really very funny about the fact that a Minnesota funeral home owner is having to sue his own state government

WILLIAM F. SHUGHART II: Corn ethanol hurts the U.S. in many ways

By William F. Shughart II

STEVEN GREENHUT: California needs shale oil's riches

By Steven Greenhut

Church still fulfills its role

All things considered, I'd rather be in Rome. Isn't everyone?

Liberals must back reform

Foolish, indiscriminate and badly timed cuts in the federal budget have begun. The primary reason is that Republicans have refused to budge any further on taxes. Still, Democrats must share some of the blame. By failing to propose more specific cuts to en

John Kass: Paul: Constitutional hero

By John Kass

Maureen Dowd: The chilling and certain world of Vice

Dick Cheney certainly gives certainty a black eye.

David Brooks: Competition can turn brutish

Let's say you were a power hitter during baseball's steroids era. You may have objected to steroids on moral and health grounds. But many of your competitors were using them, so you faced enormous pressure to use them, too.

Stanley Crouch: American spirit always prevails

These are not easy times for America. Gun violence plagues the land. The sequester brings budgetary havoc. Public education is a mess.

Cal Thomas: Myopic GOP eats its own

It's a safe bet that most conservative Republicans would rush to support a political leader with the following record, especially in a traditionally Democratic state:

Consensus builds on guns

By Doyle McManus

Maureen Dowd: Get off the cloud and into the cubicles

WASHINGTON -- When Marissa Mayer became queen of the Yahoos last summer, she was hailed as a role model for women.

Santa Rosa Press: To work, realignment must be properly funded

The typical pattern with newspaper investigations is alarming revelation, followed by official denial. So it's doubly alarming when the official reaction is suggesting the problem is even worse than reported.

John Kass: Sky is the limit for scare tactics

By John Kass

Leonard Pitts Jr.: Worship of the 'edgy' takes us over a civil cliff

The tweet went as follows:

Glenn Garvin: A defeat for left's science deniers

By Glenn Garvin

Kevin Horrigan: A much-maligned income tax turns 100

By Kevin Horrigan

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