Opinion: Biden’s missteps risk a credibility gap
Carl P. Leubsdorf is a columnist for Dallas Morning News. President Joe Biden's effort to put a positive spin on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan risks creating a credibility gap...
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Opinion: For Biden, things got complicated quickly
Carl P. Leubsdorf is a columnist for Dallas Morning News. It didn't take long for President Joe Biden to show how difficult it will be to achieve his twin goals...
Opinion: Concerns grow over Supreme Court decisions expected next year
Carl P. Leubsdorf is a columnist for Dallas Morning News. The Supreme Court's decision to consider a case that could further curb or even overturn its 48-year approval of a...
Opinion: Biden knows he must aim high now with legislative agenda
Carl P. Leubsdorf is a columnist for Dallas Morning News. In the fall of 1966, Democratic members of the historic 89th Congress were eager to return home to begin midterm...
Opinion: GOP returns to familiar playbook with efforts to restrict mail-in voting
Carl P. Leubsdorf is a columnist for Dallas Morning News. Republicans are so predictable. When an outpouring of younger and minority voters helped elect Barack Obama president in 2008, GOP...
Opinion: Hunter Biden issue isn’t going away
Carl P. Leubsdorf is a columnist for Dallas Morning News. Since his election, Joe Biden has kept his focus firmly on his prospective personnel and policy plans, mostly ignoring at...
Opinion: For Biden, stakes in Georgia couldn’t be greater
Carl P. Leubsdorf is a columnist for Dallas Morning News. Both Republicans and Democrats agree why the Jan. 5 runoffs for Georgia's two U.S. Senate seats are important. But there...
Opinion: Protests at center of debate as presidential campaign takes shape
Carl P. Leubsdorf As fireworks soared over the National Mall and the Republican Convention ended, contrasting scenes on the two sides of the White House South Lawn fence exemplified the...
Carl Leubsdorf: Not-so-serious predictions for 2020
Though last year's annual not-totally-serious forecast missed by predicting Ivanka Trump would become White House chief of staff and Vladimir Putin would formally endorse President Donald Trump for re-election, it...
Carl Leubsdorf: Restoring bipartisanship in a post-Trump era
Amid heated exchanges over Medicare-for-all and the need to appeal to all factions of their diverse party, most Democratic candidates have also looked ahead to what might be the next...