Opinion

The Irish know something about walls and borders.

The elephant in the room is the Pakistan Army, which views a stable Afghanistan as a strategic opportunity for its rival India.

The French say it best: “Plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose.” Roughly translated: “The more things change, the more things stay the same.”

Dmitry Firtash says the overture is evidence of a flawed, politically-motivated DOJ prosecution.

There are three reasons why House Democrats during Wednesday’s public hearings should support, not criticize, former special counsel Robert Mueller’s decision to stick to the facts and evidence and to refuse to offer his own opinions on the evidence of Trump’s apparent attempts to obstruct justice.

The genius of the Shultz-Reagan strategy was the recognition of these realities and the fashioning of a policy that never involved bragging about a U.S. success, or humiliating the “Evil Empire” even if that empire accepted a serious rollback on an issue. 

Swing voters do not like the politics and proposals of radical members of the party.

For the remaining debates, it would serve the interests of our national democracy to focus on the issues that are most important to the general public, and to do so one issue at a time.

While the fossil fuel industry continues to obfuscate, the transition to a 100 percent clean electricity grid is undeniable — and unstoppable. 

A state bank will free the financial resources needed to fund vital investments in the planet’s future.

Congress cannot afford to embolden our enemies by playing politics at the special counsel hearing.

Attacking the issue on both the federal and state fronts will ensure that reform does not lose momentum.

Consumers have every right to be assured that what is being ingested is pure and effective.

No matter how it's measured, Maryland’s regulated health care costs are not significantly lower than those of its neighbors.

No one wants to shortchange those who sacrificed in service of our country. But as recent history has shown, simply dumping more money into the VA without real reform serves neither our veterans nor taxpayers. 

While others may overlook and underappreciate miners, we know that they have worked to make this country the most powerful on earth, and now it is our turn to keep our promise to them.

An aggressive messaging campaign of truth-telling via VOA and Radio Free Asia would uplift oppressed Chinese and North Koreans.

It may be more sophisticated, behind a civilized mask of political opposition, but anti-Semitism is just as violent as ever.

Even some Trump critics doubt they'll succeed.

Anti-corruption campaigns, such as Brazil's Lava Jato, seldom are immune to politics — even in the strongest democracies.

If Congress wants to be responsive to the digitally-connected generations, it must reform itself.

Section 230 has been instrumental in allowing the internet to flourish.

State governments routinely accuse poor, minority families of failing to do many of the things federal officials are doing in detention facilities. 

The new regulation does not require the transit country to be “safe.” In fact, the word “safe” does not appear in the regulation at all.

Too often, students simply don’t understand how our representative democracy works.

Too often, the mentoring that teacher candidates receive prior to full-time teaching is infrequent and inadequate.

Is there an example in recent memory on your own doorstep?

Since its founding, the United States has frequently borrowed money. Each time it did so Congress was required to authorize the issuing of bonds and other debt instruments. 

Technological advances in particular have lent poignancy to the old saw: There ought to be a law.

Countries such as Russia and China are increasing cyberattacks and electronic warfare upon critical infrastructure, including space.