Like most Americans, we were relieved that President Donald Trump’s potentially cataclysmic pledge to kill off Iranian civilization Tuesday night did not proceed as the president’s unacceptably violent rhetoric had threatened.

A ceasefire, even a fragile ceasefire, coupled with negotiation is far preferable to the bombing of civilian ...Read more

Given the charged and, at times, apocalyptic rhetoric coming from the White House in recent days — particularly President Donald Trump’s warning that a “whole civilization will die tonight” — absent a deal, the newly announced two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran is a welcome development.

But it is only a pause. The ...Read more

Stocks soared and oil prices cratered on Wednesday after the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire in the ongoing conflict. But whether the fragile peace can hold for that long remains the looming question. It’s in Iran’s hands.

The deal came after President Donald Trump had threatened Iran in increasing apocalyptic terms, ...Read more

As the tenuous two-week ceasefire with Tehran wobbles already, there is a new reality in the Middle East. But it’s not the one President Donald Trump thought he would achieve when he started the Iran war.

Both sides are already quarreling over the terms of the ceasefire, and are miles apart in their positions, with opening negotiations ...Read more

A ceasefire now appears to be holding between the United States and Iran, the result of President Donald Trump's repeated threats against the country to open the Strait of Hormuz and resume global commerce.

It's a significant development. It may even be the outcome Trump was aiming for.

But even if it holds — even if it becomes lasting peace...Read more

Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro is correct to join 23 other states in challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order that instructs the U.S. Postal Service to regulate mail-in voting across the 50 states. The states have the Constitution on their side.

It is particularly brazen for the president to attempt to use federal power to regulate ...Read more

The long-promised bankruptcy of Social Security is coming into view, with the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) warning checks could be automatically cut by 20% in just six years.

Will we spend our golden years driving delivery for the golden arches?

The CBO is warning that, under current law, Social Security checks will automatically shrink ...Read more

Tax day is nearly upon us, reigniting the debate over President Donald Trump’s tax cuts, passed in 2017 and extended last year. In a front-page story last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that last year’s legislation is “delivering bigger refunds and smaller tax bills to high-income Democratic-leaning regions that didn’t vote” ...Read more

Student test scores aren’t looking good, and schools aren’t being held accountable for poor results. That’s not even considering whether the right things are being tested.

I learned this the hard way. My family is zoned for a high-performing public elementary school in Texas — one where students consistently score above average on ...Read more

What must it be like, we wonder, to be an American child in the era of President Donald Trump?

Prior to this president, it was long understood that presidents, be they Democratic or Republican, should avoid rhetoric unfit for a family audience. That’s not to say they did not speak of serious matters, nor that they sometimes discussed that ...Read more

“The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing,” famously said Stephen Covey, the renowned organizational consultant.

With AI legislation, what matters most is common sense. That means first not killing, or stagnating, the benefits of AI from 50 states’ cumbersome and contradictory laws regarding AI model development and how it ...Read more

Cities such as New York and Chicago are in deep financial trouble. Broadly speaking, they have two options: Make the difficult but appropriate choice to raise taxes and reduce the scale of government, or continue to live in a state of denial, increasing their pension obligations while also promising their residents more services.

I am sad but ...Read more

Congress has not enacted meaningful artificial intelligence legislation, yet some in Washington insist that states should be blocked from legislating on AI. This argument asks Americans to accept the federal government will do nothing to regulate AI, and, meanwhile, states must also do nothing.

For some, this passes as “sound governance.” ...Read more

For decades, there’s been a quasi-clandestine accord about expanding oil drilling in the Gulf. Nobody wanted to go there — well, except the oil and gas companies aching to root around for black gold, and their most loyal minions in high places.

The idea of wherever-you-want drilling never made sense, for an array of reasons. Money was a key...Read more

The 10-day Artemis II mission represents a defining moment in modern exploration. Four astronauts on Monday went further into space than any crew in history as they looped around the moon. It is a daring yet disciplined mission, one that signals not just ambition, but preparation for a sustained human presence beyond Earth.

Moments like this ...Read more

When a leader speaks of a civilization dying “tonight,” the weight of those words does not fall lightly. Language at that level does more than describe a moment; it shapes it. It can steady a nation, or it can heighten fear, harden positions and shrink the narrow space where diplomacy still has a chance to work.

President Donald Trump has ...Read more