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How I learned to love the 9/11 Memorial — after years of being a skeptic

I refused to go see the memorial once it opened in 2011, and I made it a point to avoid the site for years after. Until, at last,...

Republicans’ Midterm Hopes Rest on the Insanity of Their Opponents

Republicans are counting on the flaws of Democratic candidates to overcome an overall political...

Draining the Swamp, Continued

How bad do you have to be when even the Qataris and UAE aren’t...

Trump’s Venezuelan Oil Seizure and the Chavez Crony Abetting It

A likely double fail in which the president both undermines the American-led global order...

For members of Congress, a picture may soon join a thousand words

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez wants lawmakers to be able to include images in the text of their bills, figuring it could help illustrate or simplify some of the trickier things lawmakers are trying to do in their legislation.

Forget mansplaining — transplaining is the woke way for men to talk down to women

Sophia Lorey was shouted down by men for speaking out for safe women's sports — welcome to transplaining, the mansplaining which is acceptable on...

The tired attack on the new Right

You probably missed the latest declaration of conservative principles and such.

US should offer asylum to China’s jet ski refugee

The Biden administration should authorize the expedited asylum of 35-year-old Chinese refugee Kwon Pyong.

The debate Ron DeSantis needs to win

MILWAUKEE — THE DEBATE RON DESANTIS NEEDS TO WIN. The Republican presidential field that will take the stage here at the Fiserv Forum Wednesday night is made up of several sub-groups. There is the who-are-these-guys? group, with Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND) and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson. Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy is probably still in the who-are-these-guys? group, even though he has made significant progress toward climbing out.

Fifteen questions for the first Republican debate

Tonight is the first Republican presidential primary debate, featuring Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), former Vice President Mike Pence, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), and others.

The risks and rewards of taking down the ‘big guy’ Joe Biden

Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Delaware prosecutor David Weiss as special counsel in the probe of Hunter Biden.

Joe Biden’s Ukraine defense falls apart

President Barack Obama previously warned fellow Democrats in 2020, “Don’t underestimate Joe’s ability to f--k things up.”

Key national-security questions for GOP candidates at the first debate

It would be a huge misfortune and significant missed opportunity if national-security questions at Wednesday’s debate received inadequate attention. Let’s hope the candidates raise...

Why force Trump’s rivals to pledge to support him when he won’t do the same?

The Republican National Committee’s demand that its presidential hopefuls pledge to support the winner of the party’s nomination in 2024 to participate in primary...

Housing migrants on Randall’s: Letters to the Editor — Aug. 23, 2023

Migrants seeking asylum in the United States arrive at newly built tents on Randall's Island.

The Hamptons are where the elite use the art of the fundraiser

The Hamptons fund-raise everything. Anything. A benefit for educating tics. A pledge to help hookers needing johns.

GOP facing headwinds in Wisconsin after years of running the tables

VEROQUA — Ten years ago, Wisconsin was the heartbeat of the conservative populist movement that was reshaping the Republican Party in ways not broadly understood not just by the Democrats but also the national media and establishment Republicans.

The outrage about DeSantis’s ‘listless vessels’ comment is fake

Supporters of former President Donald Trump and other MAGA enthusiasts have criticized Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R-FL) recent comments about the future of the MAGA movement. Their ire stems from DeSantis’s assertions that people shouldn’t blindly follow Trump and fall victim to a cult of personality. Doing so is unproductive, unsustainable, and ultimately sabotages the objectives behind "Make America Great Again."

Beyond debate: Schism in the Republican Party

There were too many Republicans running in 2015 to fit on one presidential debate stage. In consequence, the weakest of them were relegated to what news media, with wounding aptness, dubbed the “kids’ table.” Those sitting at it were humiliated.

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