by Robert Pearl A pair of Supreme Court rulings in June — one on gun rights, the other on abortion — have elicited strong, partisan reactions. In […]
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New centrist party going nowhere
by Ramesh Ponnuru The founders of a new political party, “Forward,” acknowledge that third parties usually fail. They say that previous third-party efforts flopped “either because they […]
GOP wants to talk ‘anti-white’ racism
by Jean Guerrero Whereas the Republican Party once claimed it was “colorblind,” now it embraces race-conscious rhetoric. The era of Trump’s dog whistle has given way to […]
A tale of 2 shootings
by John M. Crisp Consider two recent shootings: The first occurred on July 17 in a shopping mall in Greenwood, Ind. It exhibits many of the classic […]
We’re not as pious as we used to be
by Robin Abcarian Call it the Alito Fallacy. Earlier this month, Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. was in Rome, where he delivered a keynote speech […]
The me who entered 2020 is gone
by LZ Granderson You remember the purchase you made as a young professional to tell the world you had made it? Not your dream purchase, like a […]
Tunisia’s democracy is collapsing. Biden shouldn’t just stand by
by Bobby Ghosh On the day Tunisia’s democracy died, it fell to a State Department spokesperson to deliver the Biden administration’s mealy-mouthed pieties. Asked about the July […]
Garland doesn’t lie — the DOJ is targeting Trump
by Harry Litman The report Tuesday from The Washington Post that the Department of Justice’s insurrection investigation is focusing on the conduct of former President Donald Trump […]
D.C. feels sting of Biden border policy
by Byron York Recently, this column focused on the Biden administration’s practice of allowing illegal border crossers to stay in the United States. Documents made public as […]
When veterans become political pawns
by Martin Schram It was four in the afternoon on March 10, 1991, when the first planned explosion of Saddam Hussein’s chemical weapons went off at the […]
