Paul Krugman progressed from recommendations to cautions, arguments, warnings, pleading and finally despair. I would quit reading my favorite economist if he wasn’t almost always correct. Obama should listen to Krugman and at least try to keep Republicans from leading us any farther down this dark gravel path. It may be too late for voter [...]

The first two members of congress to be tried on ethics violations in years are black Democrats, members of the party led by the nation’s first black president. The speaker of the house, who let this happen, promised be a reformer, to “drain the swamp,” gets no credit from conservatives. They insist this brave action [...]