One thing Hollywood is very good at is scaring the bejesus out of Americans -- even when they’re merely spreading false fears. A famous movie in 1979 called “The China Syndrome” chronicled a nuclear power accident that could kill tens of thousands of Americans with radiation poisoning. ...

As we get closer to the end of the administration of Gov. Jim Justice and transition to the incoming administration of Governor-Elect Patrick Morrisey, I’m looking forward to a change in how state government communicates with the public and press. For example, once again the West Virginia ...

Did anyone expect, when they heard the candidate’s announcement at the base of the Trump Tower escalator in June 2015, that nine years later, he would be elected to a second term with sharp increases in Republican percentages from nonwhite people -- Latinos especially, but also Black and ...

While all eyes are on Mar-a-Lago and the goons Trump is nominating to besmirch high government offices, there is another potential threat looming to the rule of law, and it comes not from MAGAworld but from the sitting president. I’m referring to the possibility that President Joe Biden might ...

Donald Trump’s success in 2024 did not solely rest on his talents as a showman or a prevaricator of disinformation. He proved that his real genius was as a political communicator and as a superb tactician. Few figures have understood so well the culture and the yearnings of his constituents. ...

Until our church in Atlanta asked us to host a Russian Pentecostal family of five at our house in 1988, I never really appreciated what it means to have free public schools. Our immigrants were amazed and delighted with many things about American life, but the idea that everybody could go ...