Washington Front

At the end of a year of political chaos and Congressional dysfunction, something remarkable happened. Washington did its job.

What is missing from this campaign is serious discussion of work, workers and people without work.

Where is the focus on poverty, work and workers in the campaign?

Three years after Paul Ryan and Joseph R. Biden debated as vice presidential candidates, Washington is anxiously waiting for them to make anguishing choices about their futures—whether Mr. Ryan will answer his fractured party’s pleas to serve as speaker and whether Mr. Biden has the emot

I have been searching in vain for an earlier column of mine in which I predicted that Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders would surge, Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush would be in trouble and Ben Carson would show unexpected strength in the race for the White House.The way faith is playing out in the campai

If Congress wants to truly welcome Francis, they should follow his example.

For just a few days, Washington’s obsession with the “middle class” was broken.

We should avoid the temptation to adapt our faith to advance our politics.

Where is the most dangerous place, and what is the greatest challenge for U.S. foreign policy? The terror of ISIS in the Middle East? Nuclear negotiations with Iran? A broken peace process in the Holy Land? Russian aggression in Ukraine? Actually, the most dangerous place for our nation’s fore

Even in Washington there are things more important than politics. There are losses more profound than an election defeat or the failure of a piece of legislation. When we lose someone who reminds us of what is important and what is not, there are lessons for personal, public and religious life. For