Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who might well be the NFL’s most exciting player, took a snap during the third quarter of a close divisional playoff game Jan. 17 against the Cleveland Browns. Mahomes…

It looks as though a likeness of famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman finally will appear on American currency, resurrecting a plan that has been stalled for nearly five years. It’s the right move by the Biden…

In the interest of unity, the willfully misunderstood buzzword of the moment, President Biden is right to hear out the Republican senators offering a counter-proposal to his pandemic relief plan. But let’s not get carried…

The danger of campaigning on a pledge to “unite the country” is that if you win, your opponents get to decide whether you will succeed. That’s the dilemma now facing President Joe Biden — and…

Sens. Roy Blunt and Josh Hawley, Missouri Republicans, are taking the helm on duck boat safety. It’s needed, and we’re glad to see them do it. The Globe’s own investigation after the 2018 duck boat…

Ever since Joe Biden was sworn in as president, stories of disillusioned voters have flooded the news.  Among the most far-fetched are those who belong to the cult QAnon who were led to believe that…

Monday, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly said she wants to pay for expanded Medicaid in her state by legalizing — and taxing — medical marijuana. Details are still vague, and full costs weren’t clear Monday. The…

The Biden administration’s pledge to defend democracy around the world faces an early test following the military coup Monday in Myanmar, which wiped out the civilian government and partial democracy that the United States helped…

As long as the COVID-19 pandemic is a threat, the U.S. economy will unduly suffer.  That is unavoidable.  It still is not safe to be in crowded shopping malls, movie theaters and sports arenas.  …

It may be arguable whether Marjorie Taylor Greene is clinically paranoid or simply a despicably wicked person, but what is certain is that she is a member of Congress, and that is intolerable. She is…