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Comey delivers a chilling take on Russian meddling, Trump's disinformation
Testimony by FBI director, others, point to an urgent need for independent probe.
Opinion
James Comey and the art of the shiv
It's impossible to predict how this investigation will play out, but the FBI director managed to raise doubts about President Trump without making a specific accusation.
Opinion
Counterpoint: 'Free market' and 'health care' are not an easy fit
It's not a clean competition, as U.S. Rep. Jason Lewis must imagine; there are unique complicating factors.
Editorial
Dayton, GOP are far apart on budget proposals
Their visions are starkly different, and it's hard to envision compromise.
Opinion
What do we want in a Supreme Court justice? An idealogue.
Let's be honest with ourselves about that. The justices may be technicians, but they're more like chefs than chemists. They apply their tastes.
Opinion
What do we want in a Supreme Court justice? A neutral arbiter.
Like an umpire or referee. Well, we may not actually want that, but we should.
Opinion
Ready or not, here come Trump and North Korea
May the diplomats in the president's administration tamp down any reactionary impulses.
Ward Brehm and Jack Leslie
U.S. foreign aid works; it's the right thing to do (and it's minimal)
We've seen the results firsthand. Americans would do well to understand the value of these investments — and oppose the proposed cuts.
Peter M. Leschak
It's time for a new dream; need it be expansionary?
Astronaut Eugene Cernan's death, like that of Sally Ride, reminds us that we once had a vision — though it was a conflicted one — and that now we don't.
Editorial
Beware of Trump budget side effects: Treatment setbacks, loss of well-paying research jobs
Trump budget takes reckless aim at the National Institutes of Health.
Editorial
U expedition reveals climate challenge
Innovative approach shows the institution's relevance.
Jason Lewis
U.S. Rep. Jason Lewis: Defense of Obamacare is indefensible; why I voted for the ACHA
While the Editorial Board favors the dysfunctional status quo, I voted for a common-sense plan that is the first step to repeal and replace it.
Letters
Readers Write (March 18): Trump and 'buy American,' legislative pay, Real ID, monarch habitat
Trump's words vs. his deeds.
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