I taught civics to high school sophomores at the beginning of my teaching career, and it gave me an abiding appreciation for the foundation of political knowledge that is laid in the formative years. My favorite curriculum topic was loyal opposition.

Washington state made this year’s list with two establishments quite unlike others.

Republican billionaires are pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into trying to keep Republicans in control of Congress, based on the assumption that more...

She was a sweet and affectionate companion who followed me everywhere in the house and insisted upon curling up on my chest as soon as I sat down. 

He has already tried to do so by disenfranchising likely Democratic voters (requiring seniors, young people and minorities to show birth certificates or passports to register to vote), ordering the US  Postal Service to send  mail-in ballots only to persons on a national voter list, and suing states to provide full voter lists.

The union has been on a winning streak both politically and in the policy arena, most notably in the passage of the state’s new income tax on its highest earners.