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Civil Discourse – The Moment to Pick a Side Has Come – Joyce Vance
Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance The Moment to Pick a Side Has Come By Joyce Vance, Nov 29, 2025 “You must refuse illegal orders.” That’s what was said in the video made by six Democratic members of Congress. Trump accused them of seditious behavior. The FBI launched an investigation. Then, on Black Friday, the Washington…
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Opinion | UC San Diego report: Incoming students are not ready for college – The Washington Post
Opinion Megan McArdle The signs of educational decline are now impossible to ignore UC San Diego report shows students are not prepared for college, especially in math. November 23, 2025, 5 min Some years ago, during a dinner party, our smoke detector started beeping while we were broiling steaks. I dashed into the hallway and…
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Border Patrol’s Charlotte sting reaches into country clubs, upscale shops – The Washington Post
Immigration Border Patrol’s Charlotte sting reaches into country clubs, upscale shops As undocumented immigrants stayed home and federal agents swept through the city, even the wealthiest neighborhoods got a glimpse of what life without migrants might look like. November 23, 2025 at 9:21 a.m. ESTYesterday at 9:21 a.m. EST 8 min, (Video: Erin Patrick O’Connor,…
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Listening to music is linked to lower dementia risk, study suggests – The Washington Post
The Optimist Listening to music most days could guard against dementia, study suggests A new study finds that regularly listening to music or playing a musical instrument may help older adults protect against cognitive decline. November 13, 2025, 6 min By Maggie Penman Regularly listening to music is linked toa lower risk of developing dementia,…
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GOP lawmakers are working to craft ACA alternatives at Trump’s request – The Washington Post
Article Excerpt… <quote>Many health economists have panned Trump’s plan, saying it is likely to create a “death spiral” in the ACA marketplaces. Healthy people would be prone to drop coverage, using the subsidies to pay out of pocket for whatever limited health care they need, leaving sick people behind and causing premiums to skyrocket. The…
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Opinion – Infrastructure’s diminishing returns since the Golden Gate – The Washington Post
Opinion By Megan McArdle In 1916, Emily Post published her book about driving across America. Yes, that Emily Post, the society maven who invented the modern etiquette column. Before she started telling us all how to behave, she wrote “By Motor to the Golden Gate,” which is still worth reading more than a hundred years…
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House Democrats release Epstein email that mentions Trump – The Washington Post
House Democrats release Epstein email that claimed Trump ‘spent hours’ with victim In the 2011 email, the disgraced financier wrote to Ghislaine Maxwell that Trump had “spent hours at my house” with one of Epstein’s victims and that encounter “has never once been mentioned” by police. November 12, 2025 at 9:40 a.m. ESTToday at 9:40…
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Drake Maye is an MVP candidate and the next great NFL quarterback – The Washington Post
NFL The next Tom Brady? No, Drake Maye is a different breed. Maye has led the Patriots to the top of the AFC in his second year. Though that story might sound familiar, his play style and personality set him apart. November 8, 2025, 10 min By Adam Kilgore FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — On the drive…
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Comic: Crossing the Atlantic on the Queen Mary 2 – The Washington Post
Travel 7 nights at sea aboard the last grand ocean liner The Queen Mary 2 keeps a romantic age of transatlantic sailing alive. By Christine Mi, November 3, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. EST, Yesterday at 5:00 a.m. EST, 10 min Mi wrote and illustrated this comic after spending seven nights aboard the Queen Mary 2.…
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Supreme Court has empowered Trump. How much further will it go? – The Washington Post
Supreme Court has expanded presidential powers under Trump. How far will it go? The justices will hear arguments Wednesday on the legality of most of the president’s tariffs — the first in a series of tests of sweeping claims of authority. November 2, 2025 at 8:36 a.m. EST, Today at 8:36 a.m. EST, 10 min…
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Voters broadly disapprove of Trump but remain divided on midterms, poll finds – The Washington Post
Voters broadly disapprove of Trump but remain divided on midterms, poll finds Most Americans disapprove President Trump’s handling of top issues, and a majority say he has gone too far in exercising his powers. November 2, 2025 at 12:01 a.m. EDT, Yesterday at 12:01 a.m. EDT, 11 min About nine months into his second term,…
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Letters from an American – November 1, 2025 – by Heather Cox Richardson
Letters from an American, November 1, 2025 By Heather Cox Richardson, Nov 01, 2025 Yesterday I wrote that President Donald J. Trump’s celebration of his new marble bathroom in the White House was so tone deaf at a time when federal employees are working without pay, furloughed workers are taking out bank loans to pay…
