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Family Interests Do Not Belong in Public Affairs Mar. 31, 2022
Powerful politicians have this bad habit of elevating members of their family — or the family ... Read More
Biden's Nine-Word Gaffe May Cause Countless Tragedies Mar. 31, 2022
This week's events, particularly those in Brussels and Poland, have left little reason for optimism.... Read More
Another Party Hack President Mar. 25, 2022
"The language people speak in the corridors of power is not economics or politics. It is history." S... Read More
Without the Rule of Law, Our Rights Are Threatened Mar. 24, 2022
One of the fundamental tenets of modern western civilization is the rule of law. When a nation has t... Read More
Republicans, Embrace the Culture War and Cruise to Victory Mar. 18, 2022
For conservatives and Republicans, the present flare-up in Ukraine has shone a spotlight on the exte... Read More
Compassion Rather Than Contempt Mar. 17, 2022
We've all noticed how ugly and personal politics can be. Often, it's not enough to disagree with som... Read More
And That's Why They Call It 'the Swamp' Mar. 15, 2022
With $30 trillion of debt — which has grown by $5 trillion in just the last two years, with an... Read More
Afghanistan, Not Ukraine, Is the Biggest Humanitarian Crisis Mar. 11, 2022
Maybe it's time to change the flag on your social-media avatar. To the extent that objective guidepo... Read More
Where's Biden's Comprehensive Strategy? Mar. 10, 2022
President Joe Biden lacks a comprehensive strategy. In 24 hours, yet another breathless flip-flop on... Read More
A Time for Politics -- and Religion Mar. 03, 2022
Lent began this week. In the Christian tradition, the Lenten period is a time of fasting and prayer,... Read More
Ants of the World, Unite Feb. 24, 2022
Donald Trump's strength as a president was not that he was better at running the country. It was tha... Read More
My Sister Only Sees in Red and Blue Feb. 18, 2022
Dear Annie: I read with great interest the letter written by "Nostalgic and Regretful," who was wond... Read More
Must Government Be a 'Big, Waddling, Sluggish Beast'? Feb. 18, 2022
Itinerant policy journalist Ezra Klein, now with the New York Times, has highlighted something inter... Read More
The View From Budapest Feb. 18, 2022
I'm writing from Budapest, the beautiful, Danube-bestriding Hungarian capital. Hungary, though a far... Read More
How Do You Feel About Sarah Palin? It Shouldn't Matter Feb. 18, 2022
Scrolling through the comment sections under news stories about Sarah Palin's defamation lawsuit aga... Read More
Biden Goes to Ohio, and Other Irrelevancies Feb. 17, 2022
The headlines about the polls are right, of course. President Joe Biden's approval rating is in the ... Read More
Reclaiming Our Country and Our Individual Agency Feb. 17, 2022
Americans are basically good and decent people who tend to assume the best of others — especia... Read More
Under Pandemic Lockdowns, the Rich Got Richer and the Poor Got Crushed Feb. 15, 2022
Today, two years after COVID-19 first hit these shores from China, most studies confirm that the hea... Read More
Lamentations About Redistricting Ending Democracy Prove Hypocritical -- and Wrong Feb. 11, 2022
Masks were necessary, especially in schools, to prevent mass deaths. Or so we were told, at great an... Read More
Biden's Afghanistan Debacle Looks Worse and Worse Feb. 11, 2022
While the Biden administration's chaotic and inept withdrawal from Afghanistan was unfolding in Augu... Read More
