The Trump Administration has rattled America’s friends in Europe, sometimes for the better (defense spending) but often for the worse (Greenland). Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered a more conciliatory message in a speech this…

“Busy as a beaver!” I chirp to my grandchildren, Lucas and Sofia. They indulge us grandparents when we show them the fresh shavings of a sawed-off tree on the shores of Lake Lehigh. And then…

Congratulations to a group of anonymous American citizens (federal grand jurors) who live in Washington, D.C. for rejecting U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s reckless and dangerous effort to target six Democratic members of Congress for criminal…

For decades, politicians have sold tariffs as a tonic for the working class. In reality, one particular group seems to benefit more than any other from trade wars: Washington influence peddlers. The United States collected…

If my research is successful, we will better understand how some cancers spread throughout the body — and, hopefully, be able to stop them. If my research is successful, we will better understand how some…

Even if the administration has temporarily backed off threats to invoke the Insurrection Act to quell protests in Minnesota, the idea will come up again.  That’s partly because the power — which would allow the…

I wore my Timberlands last week. They’ve always been one size too big. When I was in Washington, D.C., in 2014, they were part of the uniform for my AmeriCorps program, City Year, an AmeriCorps…

It was the most consequential camping trip in American history: In 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt, a Republican, asked the naturalist John Muir to guide him into the wilderness of California’s Yosemite Valley.  After three days…

President Donald Trump told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer he would consider restoring funding for the Hudson River Tunnel project if lawmakers backed renaming at least two transit hubs after him, three sources confirmed to…

This week, President Trump called on his party to nationalize American elections, an unconstitutional move that he said would be justified because of the danger of noncitizens casting ballots. “These people were brought to our…