Step up, Gov. Romney

By ESTHER CEPEDA | 5/29

CHICAGO -- Mitt Romney got flack about skating past the immigration issue last week because a speech to the Latino Coalition's annual economic summit had been seen by some as the perfect opportunity to clarify a monstrous blunder that has been hanging over his head since early May.
Read more, add a comment »

Christie’s vice presidential skills

By MICHAEL GERSON | 5/29

WASHINGTON -- Presidential candidates are largely self-selected, which favors ambition and self-regard above, well, all other traits. A vice presidential field results from a party’s consensus on talent and competence.
Read more, view comment (1) »

Cory Booker’s Bain

By KATHLEEN PARKER | 5/27

WASHINGTON -- Cory Booker has gained much unwelcome attention from his own political party, while being nearly sanctified by Republicans for the singular offense of telling the truth. And then untelling the truth. And then ... stay tuned.
Read more, add a comment »

Education’s revolving door

By ESTHER CEPEDA | 5/27

CHICAGO -- School principals today are younger, more diverse, have post-graduate degrees and training in sophisticated data analysis techniques. And they are likely to spin through a revolving door.
Read more, view comments (4) »

Teacher flunks First Amendment 101 with classroom rant

By GENE POLICINSKI | 5/25

The exchange began as students discussed reports of schoolhouse bullying by both likely Republican nominee Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama. The teacher went on a rant, saying Obama was off-limits. It was captured for all to experience on a YouTube video. A teachable moment, surely—though more for the teacher than the students.
Read more, view comments (11) »

Bob Kerrey’s entitlement honesty

By MICHAEL GERSON | 5/25

WASHINGTON -- In electing Fischer, Nebraskans would send a staunch, predictable conservative to Washington, which has considerable merit. But Kerrey complicates the choice. Ideological conformity is relatively common in the capital city. Independent thought is rarer. And a Democrat who is keen to confront the nation’s largest challenge—a fiscal crisis driven by entitlement costs—is rarest of all.
Read more, add a comment »

The joy of winning

By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER | 5/25

WASHINGTON -- The Washington Nationals are suddenly a winning baseball team!
Read more, add a comment »

Pro: Huge subsidies give American taxpayers high-voltage shocks

By MARK J. PERRY | 5/24

FLINT, MICH. -- It’s obvious now that electric vehicles can’t compete with gasoline-powered cars, even with generous government subsidies.
Read more, view comments (5) »

Con: Long-term benefits far outweigh cost of current federal subsidies

By NICHOLAS L. CAIN | 5/24

CLERMONT, CALIF. -- electric vehicle technology, like any infant industry, needs our support. Given this, it would be folly for Congress to slash the existing tax credit.
Read more, view comment (1) »

Cory Booker’s epiphany

By ESTHER CEPEDA | 5/24

CHICAGO -- The presidential candidates are not talking about issues that really matter, they’re simply delivering applause lines day after day, measuring how they play out in the media and going back to the drawing board for something zingier. This could bite them come November.
Read more, view comments (2) »