It is increasingly uncertain whether Donald Trump will win the November election. The polls have shifted dramatically since President Joe Biden stepped aside and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to take his place. While the race is still close, she and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. T…
Opinion: Positive dreams of joy and hope are great messages that might sway some people. But since there are fewer than 11 weeks before the election, there’s no time.
The best thing about Kamala Harris' policy debut last week was the backlash.
If you love food but dread the idea of cooking three meals a day, then we have a lot in common. If you eat the same sandwich for lunch every day to make one less decision in the kitchen, we might even be twins.
I managed to leave China 17 years ago, but painful memories, a tragic loss, and the ongoing persecution of Falun Gong in my homeland still weigh heavily on my heart.
Anyone who has gone fishing, caught one, and had it wiggle out of their hands, knows that while a fish is flopping around searching for a way back to the water, there is no predicting exactly where it will land or on which side will be up once it does.
One time when I was making my way to a museum, I saw a child outside who had decided he didn’t want to walk any further. The boy was pouting.
For several decades, the United States has relied on other countries — often our adversaries — to provide what the U.S. Geological Survey refers to as “critical minerals” that are vital for our economy and national security.
JD Vance, the Republican nominee for vice president, suggested two years ago that President Joe Biden seemed to be deliberately keeping the U.S. southern border open so fentanyl could be smuggled into the country to kill Republican voters, a video posted on the Gateway Pundit website shows.
Never has the GOP been more unified, and Donald Trump deserves all the credit. The issue uniting pundits, editorial boards, virtually all Republican politicians, GOP consultants, MAGA warriors and rallygoers: the need for Trump to lay aside personal gripes and grievances and to stick to the …
After 26 years of competing court filings, secret commissions, TV news alerts and front-page headlines, my husband’s personal pain is, once again, the subject of public discussion and debate.
Opinion: Just because the people involved in these controversies didn't technically break the gym rules, that doesn't make it right.
Opinion: Good sportsmanship is a novel idea in these political times.
To the surprise of just about everyone, Kamala Harris has had a remarkably good two weeks (whether her selection of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz marks the end of that honeymoon or an extension of it remains to be seen).
Thomas Frank’s 2004 book “What’s the Matter with Kansas?” documents the rise of populism and anti-elitist conservatism in the United States, showing how Kansas incubated those trends. Now Kansans are trying to move their state in a different direction while providing an example to the rest o…
One of my great peeves of the Trump era is the Greenland effect.
On Sept. 24, Missouri plans to execute Marcellus Williams for murder, even though DNA evidence proves he is innocent. I know this nightmarish story only too well, because for a long time it was my own.
Opinion: I can’t comprehend how shutting down the already hobbled Transgender Center would help this situation.
Imagine waking up one day to find that people who don’t live in your city, who may have never even visited, suddenly have the power to decide how roughly $40 million of your city’s tax dollars are spent.
In advance of Missouri’s Aug. 6 primary, the Post-Dispatch Editorial Board sent out invitations to many of the candidates of both parties, to talk with us about their platforms and why they were running for their respective offices. Our goal was to provide voters with more information that m…
It feels like Americans have been swimming in an ocean with giant, consequential political waves crashing on them at a fast pace.
Opinion: Officer Woodson didn’t just take the life of a seemingly carefree and sweet creature. His reckless disregard for Teddy’s life will cause life-long heartache for his family.
Opinion: Missourians' health and lives are at stake and department leaders continue to be unsuccessful, unhurried or perhaps unmotivated in resolving the issues.
Alas, the coronation of Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee appears complete.
MILWAUKEE — The three-legged stool of Republican politics has been teetering for some time now. But all three legs were finally knocked out during last week’s Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
Opinion: Gender nonconforming kids need social acceptance. Gay kids, often tormented for acting in ways expected of the other sex, need affirmation as members of their actual sex.
One can hardly fault Donald Trump for believing divine providence is on his side. He's had the most impressive lucky streak in living political memory.
There’s been an increased importance placed on careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) to solve tomorrow’s problems. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects STEM occupations to grow twice as fast as non-STEM occupations by 2030.
Opinion: Right now, corporations get tax cuts forever, but small businesses lose our relief next year, at which point our taxes will soar.
Donald Trump isn't normally thought of as a consensus-builder, but in one sense he is. Many of Trump's most ardent fans and foes alike believe he is the leader of a political movement with a clear and defined set of principles and goals. They disagree only on whether that agenda is good or bad.