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Commentary: Bruce Lesley - Children are an issue that can unite country Bruce Lesley FacebookTwitterEmail Joe Biden was inaugurated on Jan. 20 as our nation’s 46th president. But the insurrection at the Capitol aimed at derailing this process made clear that our new chief executive’s first order of business will be overcoming a historic divide. President Biden must breach seemingly intractable differences — over values, priorities and even facts themselves — if he is to tackle the count...

Commentary: Llewellyn King - Biden should avoid wading too far, too fast Llewellyn King FacebookTwitterEmail It was a good day. Warm in its content. Soft in its delivery. Kindly in its message. Generous in its intentions. Healing in its purpose. Implementing the soaring hopes of President Joe Biden’s inauguration began immediately. Maybe too immediately, too fast, and with actions that were too sweeping. Biden signed 17 executive orders, which suggested an underlying philosophy of “bring it...

Commentary: Howard Husock - The e-waste problem - and opportunity Howard Husock FacebookTwitterEmail One of the big hits of the holiday sales season was the new high-end iPhone 12. When it launched in October, some 2 million were pre-ordered in just 24 hours. But a lot of gift-wrapped new phones also meant a lot of old phones discarded. If the past is any guide, many were simply thrown out in the trash. This might be good news for Apple, but it’s bad news for the environment, as those phones ...

Point & counterpoint | New administration: Chris Talgo - Brace yourself, change is coming Chris Talgo FacebookTwitterEmail The Biden administration enters the Oval Office today in the midst of a pandemic and economic crisis, and with the Democrats in control of both houses of Congress, which means that big policy changes are afoot in the United States. First, the Biden administration will use the economic crisis at hand to pursue a domestic policy platform that will be the mirror opposite of th...

Commentary: Michael Rubin - To keep pressure on Iran, take a cue from Trump Michael Rubin FacebookTwitterEmail “If Iran returns to strict compliance with the nuclear deal, the United States would rejoin the agreement as a starting point for follow-on negotiations,” Joe Biden promised in a policy essay just weeks before winning the presidential elections. While Biden recognizes the threat of Iran’s nuclear program, his team’s animosity toward Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s maximum pr...

Point & counterpoint | Healing America: Karen Dolan - Beneath division lie common goals Karen Dolan FacebookTwitterEmail Biden has promised to bring a divided electorate together. Is this even possible? Social divisions may take a generation to heal. But with enough political will, the answer on policy questions should be a resounding yes. Despite our divisions, progressive responses to bread and butter issues enjoy broad, bipartisan support. Majority support exists for everything from cash rel...

Point & counterpoint | Healing America: Iain Murray - Political realignment provides hope for less-polarized future Iain Murray FacebookTwitterEmail America seems deeply divided. The House of Representatives is split down the middle between Democrats and Republicans. Half the country, as in 2016, appears to believe the presidential election was stolen from their preferred candidate. It appears as if polarization is here to stay. Or, maybe not. A careful look at underlying shifts in support amon...

Commentary: Matthew Thompson -Unemployment system dangerously outdated Matthew Thompson FacebookTwitterEmail When you think of states calling in the National Guard, you might imagine rescuing people from floods or providing emergency relief. But this summer, Washington state had to call in 54 National Guard troops to help them investigate cybercriminals who targeted the state’s COVID-19 relief funds. Washington wasn’t the only state to suffer, either — the problem is widespread and ongoin...

Commentary: J. Mark Powell - The bloody past of nations Capitol J. Mark Powell FacebookTwitterEmail ‘We have built no temple but the Capitol. We consult no common oracle but the Constitution.” Those words, from former Massachusetts Sen. Rufus Choate, are inscribed on the wall of the U.S. Capitol — the same walls desecrated by rioters who ransacked the building. For many Americans, seeing such acts of violence and vandalism occurring in the Capitol was something unimaginable. In fact, our ...

Commentary: Llewellyn King - Capitol enshrines all the best of our aspirations Llewellyn King FacebookTwitterEmail Cry, the beloved building. I have been lucky and have walked the halls of the Houses of Parliament in London, visited the Elysée Palace in Paris, the Bundestag in Berlin and the Kremlin in Moscow. But it is the Capitol, the building on a hill in Washington, that fills me with awe but it isn’t awesome or frightening, and doesn’t exalt in power. The Capitol is at once romantic, ...