We keep hearing that for humanity’s sake we need to be accepting the Central American caravans coming to our southern... >>>

After twelve years of GOP rule, the political winds were not at his back in... >>>

George H.W. Bush always did what he thought was best for his country . He was all about service, not self. There have been plenty of adjectives used to describe him recently: gracious, loving, thoughtful, firm, kind, humble, decent, a gentleman. Let >>>

George H.W. Bush left office in 1993 derided as a well-meaning but ineffectual leader. He left this world as a man hailed for his character and decency. Bush’s record hasn’t changed in the past quarter-century, but our politics have changed... >>>

If there's a contest for the most consequential president of the last 40 years, most people would say the winner is Ronald Reagan. He was the hero of at least two generations of Republican politicians, and even Democrats, like former Presidents Bill >>>

I first met George H.W. Bush, who died Friday at age 94, not long before he was elected as Ronald Reagan’s vice president in 1980. At the time, if anyone was predisposed not to like the future vice president and president, it was me. In 1980 I was... >>>

President George H.W. Bush embodied a value that seems to be vanishing from our nation: public service, writes Julian Zelizer. He was part of a generation in American politics when working for the government was a virtue, not a vice. His career was... >>>

America is in sad shape. Despite the strongest economy in at least 20 years, life expectancy has declined on average for the third straight year — which has not happened since World War I and the 1918 flu pandemic. This is driven mostly by an... >>>

China has simply made no effort to halt its ongoing pattern of aggressive, predatory trade. And until Beijing changes course, any diplomatic chit-chat would simply be a distraction. If the G-20's members want to do something constructive in the... >>>

Michael Cohen's guilty plea and its documentation show us that Cohen is cooperating with Robert Mueller, says Elie Honig. Federal cooperation is all or nothing, says Honig, so if Cohen's cooperating, that should cause Donald Trump some sleepless... >>>

38% do not agree that 'America has a history that we should be proud... >>>

OPINION — In theory (and the emphasis here is on the word “theory”), the lame-duck session of Congress after a cataclysmic midterm election should be a fruitful time for bipartisanship. With nearly 90 members of the House and eight senators not... >>>

Last Sunday, the Russian military opened fire and seized three Ukrainian ships. How will President Trump respond to Putin flexing his military... >>>

Those whom the gods wish to destroy, they first tout as countries of the future. Sign up for the Morning Briefing newsletter I thought about The Economist story while reading a deeply reported and thought-provoking series in The Times about another... >>>

The latest study on global warming, like its innumerable predecessors, predicts the usual dire doom. The economy will shrink by 10 percent at century’s end, for example, like a cotton shirt in hot water. Ouch! Then again, what will the economy look... >>>