Opinion

The Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal and legal immigration has exacerbated America’s worker shortage. The results have been predictable. President Donald Trump ran on securing America’s border and deporting illegal immigrants, especially those who had…

When President Trump attacked Iran on Feb. 28, we called his decision reckless. He went to war without seeking congressional approval or the support of most allies. He offered thin and contradictory justifications to the…

Kansas just pulled off one of the great regional upsets in modern economic politics. A multibillion-dollar stadium deal. A domed facility. The Chiefs — the Chiefs — crossing State Line Road into Kansas.  After decades…

I’ve noticed this week that the volunteers that had been greeting us at the door of my 4-year-old’s child care center aren’t there anymore.  I take it as another small sign of normalcy, which many…

In 2006, three days after a 14-year-old boy named José was shot and killed in front of his house, I rang his mother’s doorbell holding nothing but a handwritten condolence note from a city councilman.…

As the tenuous two-week ceasefire with Tehran wobbles already, there is a new reality in the Middle East. But it’s not the one President Donald Trump thought he would achieve when he started the Iran…

The caps said it all. Writing on Truth Social in late March, President Trump expressed solidarity with Viktor Orban, Hungary’s prime minister. Looking ahead to Hungary’s parliamentary election this Sunday, Mr. Trump called Mr. Orban…

North Korea is unique in turning a putatively communist state into a dynastic system now in its third generation.  So while the proposition that Kim Jong-un’s teenage daughter will inherit power is sparking debate, unexpected…

Imagine spending years showing up. You attend meetings. You give input. You sit through presentations that go on too long. You speak anyway. You bring your family. You tell your story. You do exactly what…

Four astronauts are on a journey around the moon, a mission that offers a rare chance to see our world from a distance, and ourselves more clearly. One of the reasons people appreciate travel is…