Marc Dion: The right thing costs you

“If you’re trying to decide what to do, and you only have two choices, do the thing that’s hardest,” my pop used to tell me. “The right thing is always the hardest thing.”

Froma Harrop: Price gouging is whose problem?

Horrors. The profiteers running this year’s World Cup are forcing fans to shell out thousands for a single ticket.

David McRae: The fraud fight

Taxpayers today lose as much as $521 billion to fraud every single year. For too many, that’s not just a number. It’s a road left in decay – a Social Security check never received – a childcare facility stolen from the community.

Bobby Harrison: US Supreme Court must answer key questions after its Callais redistricting decision

Some folks believe the recent U.S. Supreme Court redistricting decision in Louisiana v. Callais gives elected officials the authority to discriminate against Black people – to draw political districts with the express purpose of preventing them from being in the majority.

Wyatt Emmerich: Natchez, a treasure to be visited

Natchez is a treasure and I was delighted to spend a long weekend in that historic town on Memorial Day.

Marc Dion: What’s that peeking in my window? It’s my job

I used to work with a guy, and every morning, I would greet him the same way.

“Howyadoin’?” I’d say.

“I’m here,” he’d answer.

Mona Charen: Lie at heart of Trump’s slush fund

The Orwellian ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’ Trump has created — the legal equivalent of twirling the combination lock on Fort Knox and driving off with gold bars — purports to be righting a wrong.

Other Editors: Congress’ continued refusal to enforce War Powers Act ignores law, national will

Americans don’t agree on much today, but overwhelming majorities agree that President Donald Trump’s war in Iran was and is a mistake.

Froma Harrop: Sonny Rollins knew not to die young

How is it that the “Saxophone Colossus” Sonny Rollins lived to 95? Aren’t jazz musicians supposed to die at tragically early ages? Actually, that’s a myth that Rollins and others proved flawed.

Jeff Robbins: Thief-in-Chief in brief: Trump keeps his cash register ringing

Established shortly after the Civil War, Memorial Day is a solemn day of remembrance for Americans to honor those who have sacrificed their lives defending American democracy.

Marc Dion: They’re Barney Frank hot dogs…

Nobody expected Barney Frank to show up at the event. He came by because it was in his district and he’d been in his district all day, and he had time to come meet some people, and he’d donated a couple hundred bucks to the event, and they’d used it to buy meat.

Wyatt Emmerich: Mississippi River disaster

When a man who saved six billion dollars for Mississippi ratepayers talks, it’s a good idea to listen.

Other Editors: Holding the Senate matters more than defeating Bill Cassidy

President Trump proved again Saturday that he can crush Republican dissenters by helping to defeat Sen. Bill Cassidy in a Louisiana primary. The question is to what end?

Froma Harrop: Children are now running our big cities

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani earned national attention in a not-good way when he recorded himself in front of Ken Griffin’s Manhattan home revealing the billionaire’s address. He tapped the lens in a threatening manner and said guys like Griffin are going to pay more taxes.

Daniel McCarthy: Democrats face midterm disappointment

As they look to the midterm elections, Republicans have reason to worry — but not despair.

Brett Montague and Graham D. Bodie: In many ways, political tension is the American story

In the winter of 1777 and 1778, while the Continental Army suffered through the brutal conditions of Valley Forge, a political effort emerged to remove George Washington from Army leadership.

Bobby Harrison: Gov. Reeves recognizes redistricting’s pitfalls for the GOP

Republican Gov. Tate Reeves ignored intense pressure and announced recently he was canceling an upcoming legislative special session where it was speculated that he would try to redraw Mississippi’s four congressional districts with the intent of eliminating a majority-Black district held by longtime Rep. Bennie Thompson.

Veronique de Rugy: When businessmen enter the beltway, it’s business as usual

Something strange is happening in Washington. A generation of investors and entrepreneurs who built careers championing private capital and intuitively understood the power of market discipline and limited government have joined the Trump administration, taking charge of hundreds of billions of dollars of other people’s money. They assure us that they are deploying it strategically, with accountability and a businessperson’s rigor.

Marc Dion: Digging to China

My ancestors, and by that I mean one or two generations ago, intersected with Chinese culture in three ways.