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Reasons to cheer Joe Manchin

by Lynn Schmidt Three centrist cheers for Sen. Joe Manchin III. Manchin’s stance on three key issues may be unpopular with some of his Democratic colleagues but they are popular with Americans. Manchin recently has met the ire of Democrats in the inflation-versus-climate action ...

Extreme cases and bad law

Ever since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last month, pro-choice activists and their media allies have been on a campaign to influence public opinion that the decision was a mistake. They apparently believed they had discovered an ideal case when the Indianapolis Star reported ...

‘Women’ won’t be erased

Last time most of us looked, “bodies with vaginas” could be more simply described as women. Same went for “pregnant people” and “birthing people.” But transgender activists are insisting that the word “woman” be replaced with these more complicated descriptions. The ...

Countries can’t quit coal

The world is having a hard time burying coal. The “get-no-respect” energy source has rapidly moved from a pariah to a courted fuel, even if countries are reconnecting with coal grudgingly. As a result, prices have surged, and that has produced a financial windfall for West ...

Biden whiplashes border patrol

Only in America, it seems, can border patrol agents be cleared of breaking any laws but still be punished, while those entering the country illegally mostly escape punishment. President Biden, then-press secretary Jen Psaki and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, all rushed ...

Court needn’t fear political backlash

by Ramesh Ponnuru Millions of Americans are unhappy, even furious, at the U.S. Supreme Court for reversing its 1973 abortion-rights precedent Roe v. Wade last month. There is more talk of a political backlash against the high court than at any time since the era of massive resistance ...