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Biden claims to know right from wrong

At a rally in Raleigh, N.C., following his universally criticized debate performance, President Biden attempted to draw a distinction between himself and Donald Trump: “I know how to tell the truth. I know right from wrong.” Knowing right from wrong presumes a standard that is ...

Biden has always put duty to country first. Will he do it again?

by Kurt Bardella “I hope Joe Biden runs for president.” That was the headline of a column I wrote back in March of 2019. I believed then that “at a time when Trump continues to go lower and lower, Biden brings to the national stage the strength, decency and sense of duty that are ...

Sizing up Trump’s potential VP picks

by Carl P. Leubsdorf News of Donald Trump’s conviction had barely hit the television screens and the internet sites when Sen. Marco Rubio took to social media to denounce it. “The verdict in New York is a complete travesty that makes a mockery of our system of justice,” the ...

Republican reaction to Trump verdict bodes ill for the election

by John M. Crisp Committed MAGA activists leave little doubt about their feelings regarding former president Donald Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts last week. As reported by Newsweek, political commentator and YouTuber Joey Mannarino, for example, was emphatic: “As of today, ...

Controlling Congress counts, too

by Steven Roberts Happy Valley, Ore., population 23,733, played a small but significant role in American politics last week. That’s the hometown of Janelle Bynum, a state legislator who won the Democratic nomination for Congress against Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, one of 17 vulnerable ...