It’s a depressingly familiar Washington story: A well-meaning update of a single Education Department college form turned into a massive policy blunder, harming the very students and universities it was meant to help. Worse, the department now appears to have failed to fix the problem in time ...

Joe Biden’s decision to leave the Democratic National Convention right after opening night makes sense. Being president is a full-time job, and he has to get back to the office. But the more sexy story is that Biden’s decision to not stick around reflects bitterness over how party ...

The first Democratic National Convention I attended was in San Francisco in 1984. UN Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick indelibly labeled attendees “San Francisco Democrats,” because of their left-leaning policies. Forty years later it appears little has changed. Then, Vice President Walter ...

Families paying $100,000 a year to send their kid to Columbia University shouldn’t think they’re not getting their money’s worth. Extracurricular activities aren’t limited to Ultimate Frisbee and the fencing club, because there’s ever so much more to choose from. There’s the student ...

If Kamala Harris becomes the first woman president, her first accomplishment could well have already happened — elevating and honoring the positive side of masculinity. Tim Walz, whose politics are to the left of most Americans and certainly most swing voters, has been welcomed not as a ...

If Donald Trump wants to return to the White House, he has to get serious about winning the “ground war.” Social media memes didn’t elect him in 2016 — his relentless schedule of campaign rallies did. But this month, the Republican nominee is taking a break from the campaign trail, ...