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What's ahead if polls are right, or wrong

National Columnists

With less than two weeks until the midterm elections, things look bad for President Donald Trump's Republican Party. Generic polls show significant movement away from Republicans and toward Democrats since Trump defeated former Vice President Kamala Harris by 50% to 48% two years ago. Republicans seem doomed to lose their exceedingly narrow House majority, although redistricting by both parties over the past two years has reduced the number of competitive seats and will likely limit their losses. More surprisingly, in view of the 2024 results, Republicans' Senate majority seems in ...

What estate sales taught me

National Columnists

Estate sales are a newer thrifting experience for me. I've always loved to shop at Goodwill and hunt for designer labels and hidden treasures, but estate sales have a different feel. I'd never gone to one until my mom got a house in Florida. The local retirement communities have estate ...

We're not teaching entrepreneurship well

National Columnists

I've been teaching entrepreneurship for more than 25 years. My degrees in English and law and my lifelong love of politics have provided a different perspective and a distinct pedagogy. I want students to understand the contributions entrepreneurship has made to American prosperity and ...

AI plays role in regulatory capture

National Columnists

American businesses have long practiced what political scientists call regulatory capture. A company that cannot repeal a law takes control of the people the government put in charge of enforcing it. The airlines did it to the Civil Aeronautics Board, which in 40 years never approved a ...

Washington would deport Khalil

National Columnists

Mahmoud Khalil wants to take the case against his deportation all the way to the Supreme Court – and if the justices accept it, they will be deciding one of the oldest and most controversial questions in American politics, a dispute more than 200 years old. Khalil is not an ...

Americans can learn from French protests

National Columnists

On Monday, France's Interior Minister Laurent Nunez admitted that police have "lost control" as some cities continue to see massive waves of looting and mayhem. Social media brims with images of stores being ransacked, cars burning, and mask-wearing goons running wild. In Limoges, the ...