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Opinion

Almanac for Dec. 18, 2025

Columns

Today is Thursday, Dec. 18, the 352nd day of 2025. There are 13 days left in the year. Today in history: In 2019, the U.S. House impeached President Donald Trump on two charges, sending his case to the Senate for trial (It was the first of two Trump impeachment trials that would end in ...

What does Trump’s $12B farmers’ bailout say about his tariffs?

Editorials

Suppose someone randomly walks up to you, cuts you with a knife — and then offers you a bandage. You might accept the bandage but would you be grateful about it? Stretch the parable a little: Suppose the bandage wasn’t nearly big enough for the wound? Serious economists left, right and ...

The (non-Christmas) lists

Columns

‘Tis the season. No, not that season. It’s the season for end-of-year lists. Time magazine, which, like so much in print journalism has suffered from a loss of readers, has published its annual list called the “most influential people of 2025.” The list includes “Artists, Innovators, ...

Hegseth won’t publicly release unedited video of boat strike

Columns

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday the Pentagon will not publicly release unedited video of a U.S. military strike that killed two survivors of an initial attack on a boat allegedly carrying cocaine in the Caribbean, as questions mounted in Congress about the ...

Almanac for Dec. 17, 2025

Columns

Today is Wednesday, Dec. 17, the 351st day of 2025. There are 14 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright conducted the first successful manned, powered airplane flights near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, using their experimental craft, the Wright Flyer. Also ...