Why we need a Memorial Day for civilian victims of war

Owners of small restaurants and bars can decide whether to allow smoking, and customers can choose for themselves whether to patronize them.

The SCORE Act, a controversial piece of legislation that aimed to curb the big business of college sports, has been torpedoed by a coalition of Black lawmakers who argued it would harm minority athletes and benefit only top-level universities, coaches and programs. Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), some of whom had previously voiced support for the proposal, in an unexpected reversal last week announced none...

Medicare hemorrhages about $60 billion a year in waste, fraud, and abuse — money lost from a program serving 69 million Americans. Fraud reflects deliberate deception, but much of Medicare’s waste stems from flawed policy and perverse incentives. The Trump administration is on the warpath, taking unprecedented administrative steps to curb this abuse of taxpayers’ […]

We come from different parties and have walked different paths, but we share something few Americans do: we have held the weight of this country’s security in our hands.  On Sept. 11, 2001, parties and titles didn’t matter. We were Americans, and that was enough. We have stood at the intersection of crisis and consequence. […]