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March 12, 2018

Attorney General Homer Cummings leaves the White House after meeting Jan. 21, 1935, with President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Library of Congress

Commentary: FDR's gun-control strategy: Tax 'em

Another school shooting, another debate over gun control. An overwhelming majority of Americans want stricter gun laws, but Congress is unlikely...

opinion/columns March 12, 2018 - 12:50pm

February 19, 2018

Tomatoes are kept tethered along an adjustable trellis in a Gilkerson Gardens greenhouse at Brookings, S.D. in July 2016. Mikkel Pates / Forum News Service

5 things in food and agriculture we can agree on

It's no secret that America has vast divisions: right versus left, Fox News versus MSNBC, Red State versus Blue State, urban versus rural, agriculturalists...

business/agriculture February 19, 2018 - 7:35am

February 9, 2018

A F-22 Raptor at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Va., June 26, 2012. (Ian C. Bates/Copyright 2018 The New York Times)

Their View: The U.S. Air Force's big enemy is its empty cockpits

The following editorial is from Bloomberg View. In late 2016, the Air Force realized it was facing a shortage of about 700 fighter pilots....

opinion/editorials February 9, 2018 - 10:16am

February 4, 2018

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles (9) celebrates with Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz (R) after defeating the New England Patriots to win Super Bowl LII on Sunday, Feb. 4, at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. Kirt Dozier / USA TODAY Sports

McFeely: It's Foles' world and Brady, Wentz are just living in it

MINNEAPOLIS—Tom who? For that matter, Carson who? At least for now. In a Super Bowl in which it was expected the greatest quarterback in...

sports/football February 4, 2018 - 11:45pm

February 2, 2018

Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), the House Intelligence Committee chairman, attends a House and Senate Republican conference at the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018. President Donald Trump cleared the way on Thursday for the release of a secret memo primarily authored by Nunes and said to accuse federal law enforcement officials of abusing their surveillance authorities. (Tom Brenner/ Copyright 2018 The New York Times)

Commentary: The Nunes memo is out, and it's a joke and a sham

The whole point of the Nunes memo was always to create a pretext for President Donald Trump to try to take control of special counsel Robert...

opinion/columns February 2, 2018 - 2:28pm

January 30, 2018

Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton during the Democratic presidential candidate debate at Brooklyn Navy Yard. Mandatory Credit: Carucha L. Meuse/The Journal News-USA TODAY NETWORK

Commentary: Hillary Clinton and I are done

It's been the longest relationship of my life as a voter, and as a writer on culture and politics. But after last week, and the revelation that...

opinion/columns January 30, 2018 - 3:21pm

January 29, 2018

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz is interviewed during Super Bowl LII Opening Night on Monday, Jan. 29, at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. Brad Rempel / USA TODAY Sports

McFeely: Being at Super Bowl 'kind of weird' for Wentz

ST. PAUL—It only got a little weird during Carson Wentz's interview session at Super Bowl media day Monday, Jan. 29. Seated a few rows...

sports/football January 29, 2018 - 11:26pm

January 28, 2018

Jon Hauser

Commentary: Love might keep us together

In 1975, the dynamic duo of Captain and Tennille were married and they released their hit song "Love will keep us together." In 2014, the Captain...

news January 28, 2018 - 6:07am

JOHN EGGERS: Our kids' brains: What's going on?

We can better understand what our kids do and don't do when we can understand their brains. Now that I have a granddaughter, knowing about how...

news/education January 28, 2018 - 5:26am

January 22, 2018

Commentary: Trump kept one campaign promise. The shutdown is proof.

Over and over and over, first as a candidate and then as president, Donald Trump made a pledge to voters: He would run the White House as like he's run his business. That's a promise that he's kept. At midnight Friday, Jan. 19, the federal government shut down following a week of...

opinion January 22, 2018 - 10:25am

January 21, 2018

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Case Keenum (7) reacts during the fourth quarter against the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship game Sunday, Jan. 21, at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. The Vikings lost 38-7. Eric Hartline / USA TODAY Sports

McFeely: No miracle, only more disappointment for Vikings

PHILADELPHIA—Miracles are fleeting, apparently, easily crushed by the weight of history and the overcooked expectations of a long-suffering...

sports/football January 21, 2018 - 10:40pm

Commentary: I will always miss my mom and dad

In December, I drove to Alexandria, Minn., to meet with a successful businessman. In 1979, he purchased a company with a few employees in central...

opinion/columns January 21, 2018 - 9:41am

January 20, 2018

Wheaton, Minn., native Eric Naatz and Justin Walkama of Menomonee Falls, Wis., are in Philadelphia to cheer on the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC Championship game against the Eagles on Sunday, Jan. 21. (Mike McFeely / Forum News Service)

McFeely: Local Vikings fans not feeling the heat in Philly

PHILADELPHIA — Eric Naatz might be the outlier in this city—a Minnesota Vikings fan who got harassed by Philadelphia Eagles fans....

sports January 20, 2018 - 8:54pm

January 17, 2018

Ted Cruz: Time to put Kim Jong Un on his heels

President Donald Trump's November decision to designate North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism - in response to legislation I introduced...

opinion January 17, 2018 - 10:41am

Commentary: Let's stop obsessing over dirty words

Commentary by Ronald A. Klain, a Post contributing columnist, served as a senior White House aide to both Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton and was a senior adviser to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign.

opinion January 17, 2018 - 10:29am

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