I've changed my mind (a little) about how we discuss generations. First, let me illustrate my longstanding gripe. "I am probably the biggest fan of the millennials you'll ever meet," retired Navy Admiral William H. McRaven, who oversaw the raid that

McDonald's is a quintessential business success story. It is ubiquitous throughout the world, continually growing and thriving with a stunning capacity for adaptability and resilience. Say "Big Mac" and the iconic golden arches will appear in just ab

In 1976, as California Gov. Ronald Reagan struggled to gain traction for his first presidential campaign, he told a story to a lunch crowd in North Carolina that would help carry him to the White House four years later. By then, his often-repeated an

Among the many things that frustrate Americans about Washington, D.C., is the unwillingness -- not inability, but unwillingness -- to solve problems. One of many examples is the U.S. national debt, now more than $22 trillion and counting. As Heritage

White men rule! That's the uber-message quietly emerging from the new anti-abortion laws recently passed in Alabama, Georgia, Ohio and Missouri, no matter that the public remains predominantly supportive of safe, legal abortions. That doesn't matter,

With all due apologies, I know I've weighed in on the debate about impeaching Donald Trump in previous columns. The reason I take it up again is because so many Democrats still can't decide how to proceed. Democrats are split into two camps. Those wh

Last week, a man tried to convince me that he believes black lives matter. This is a kind of rhetorical judo some anti-abortion activists have adopted in debating pro-choice African Americans. They argue that black women have abortions at higher rate

"Democrats are aggressively pushing late-term abortion, allowing children to be ripped from their mother's womb right up until the moment of birth," President Trump said at a Florida rally earlier this month. "The baby is born and you wrap the baby b

As a sign of our changing times, hip-hop legend Dr. Dre provided my favorite story in the recent college admissions bribery scandal. Fabulously wealthy rap producer and performer Dre, whose real name is Andre Young, wrote a snarky Instagram post in M

Since 1973, when Roe vs. Wade ushered in what would eventually lead to abortion on demand, including partial-birth abortion and even the failure to protect babies born alive after failed procedures -- the pro-life movement has achieved few legislativ

An extravagant road-building package approved by the Florida Legislature and sent to the governor promised to answer one big question that's been hanging over Tallahassee: Was it possible that Ron DeSantis, conservative Republican and hardline Trump

The Republican Party's appeal, it has occasionally been argued in this space, stems largely from an implicit promise: Vote for us and we will repeal the 20th century. This was meant as truth wrapped in snarky hyperbole. But, as has become distressing

The most rational response to the news that New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to be president is to ask, "Of what?" When informed that he wants to be president of the United States and not of, say, the local organic hemp co-op, perhaps the nex

For a man who presents himself as a champion of ordinary people, President Donald Trump's new immigration plan sounds not just elitist but aggressively elitist. That's not all bad, of course. At first blush, the president's wish for an immigration po

What would an America without Roe v. Wade look like? It's a prospect never considered by many women of the generation currently entering menopause. Women of childbearing age have never known the nation not to have legalized abortion. Believe me, we'r

"Over these last few years, given the wars it has waged and the international treaties it has arbitrarily reneged on, the U.S. government perfectly fits its own definition of a rogue state." -- Arundhati Roy You have the world's largest military; you

It was Oscar Levant who uttered the famous line: "I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin." In a way it was a backhanded compliment to a woman who represented in most of her film roles an image of chastity and virtue that was once mostly promoted in

And then there were 24. In the Middle Ages, it was the classic theological debate: How many angels could dance on the head of a pin? Today, in preparing for the first debates of the 2020 Democratic primary, June 26 and 27, the DNC faces a similar cha

Mike Pence was right. At least, inadvertently, he was. In a commencement address Saturday at Liberty University, the Christian evangelical college in Virginia, the vice president warned graduates that they should expect to be "shunned or ridiculed fo

Ever since Donald Trump came down that Trump Tower escalator to announce his candidacy for president, we've heard a great deal about the abuse of norms -- constitutional norms, democratic norms, norms of decency, all kinds of norms. For Trump support

Alyssa Milano's new call for a "sex strike" to protest anti-abortion laws may not have nearly as much success as her early push for the #MeToo movement did. But, I must admit, she has my attention. Fired up by Georgia's new "fetal heartbeat" law, whi

Joe Biden, the leading Democrat in the overcrowded presidential sweepstakes (there are more of them running than horses in the recent Kentucky Derby), appears to want to take America back to the days of the Obama administration, which he was a part o

"You don't have to be the hero." That, John Castillo told NBC News Wednesday, is something he had advised his 18-year-old son, Kendrick. If ever a shooter invades your school, son, don't try to confront him, don't take the risk. But Castillo said Ken

One of the hardest lessons for young, idealistic and educated people to learn when they come to Washington -- and some never learn it -- is that nobody is running things. Sure, they know how to hold a press conference or write a law or conduct a stud

Remarkably, the 5-year-old girl and the infant boy didn't make a sound. Not for 45 minutes while Kalissa Braga desperately tried to keep them hidden between the toilet and the sink of a small bathroom inside STEM School Highlands Ranch, in a suburb o

Mix a little socialism in with the oil and war may be unavoidable. Thus, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, talking about Venezuela: "The president has been crystal clear and incredibly consistent. Military action is possible. If that's what's required,

Congress created the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program in 2007 in an attempt to attract people into professions like teaching, nursing and public-interest law. College graduates would be forgiven their student loans if they pursued a career in

In the 1920 presidential election, Warren Harding won in a landslide by promising a "Return to Normalcy." Today's Democrats would be wise to make that same pledge for 2020. They probably won't, however, which is why President Trump might get re-elect

There are people who do not matter much. That's a painful truth, starkly at odds with our Jeffersonian creed and national mythology. But it is a truth, nevertheless, one frequently proven in actions if denied in words. In this country, by dint of rac

In a historic change of mind, President Donald Trump has found a reason to support reparations -- for President Donald Trump. The president retweeted this bright and, oh, yes, unconstitutional idea on Sunday after Jerry Falwell Jr., president of Libe