Thanks in part to our current contentious, partisan political climate, there have been calls for modifying or replacing the ...

Credit - Interim Archives/) Despite increasing political polarization, evidence suggests that most Americans fundamentally ...

I love the First Amendment. I mean that literally. For me, it is the soul of the Constitution, safeguarding the fundamental ...

Clear record | ‘Mallard Fillmore’ | Don’t ban AI. East Bay Times reader letters to the editor for Nov. 19, 2025.

As the latest and longest government shutdown enters its denouement, Congress will be left to tally the costs and repair the damage. One thing to be thankful for: The filibuster, the procedural oddity ...

This week, President Trump welcomed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia with a lavish reception at the White ...

In polarized times, the risk is that parties will take turns imposing diametrically opposed legislative agendas every few years. In addition to fostering resentment and worsening partisan divides, ...

Commentary: While the wine tariff rate of 15% may seem acceptable, these additional burdens will be most deeply felt by the ...

As the latest and longest government shutdown enters its denouement, Congress will be left to tally the costs and repair the damage. One thing to be thankful for: The filibuster, the procedural oddity ...

State archivists recently uncovered jailhouse records detailing the imprisonment of 35 participants in Shays’ Rebellion — a 1786-1787 armed uprising in western Massachusetts — hidden among decades of ...