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A Foolhardy Conflict with an Inoffensive Ally

President Trump’s tariffs aren’t popular, but he’s found a way to make them even less so.

Trump reportedly skipping ground zero for Pentagon 9/11 ceremony

President Trump will reportedly not travel to New York City for the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Trump honors Artemis II crew that flew around the moon

President Trump is awarding the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the crew of Artemis II, the first humans to travel near the moon in more than half a century.

Champagne socialism: Far-left movement brimming with affluent leaders

The leaders of America's socialist movement are calling for rent strikes, denouncing capitalism and pillorying the rich. Some of them are doing it from private beach clubs, luxury cars and million-dollar homes.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett: No plans to campaign for James Talarico

Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett said she won't campaign for her party's Texas Senate nominee, James Talarico, and that she doesn't believe Black voters are enthusiastic about him.

NYPD K-9 unit founder has a simple tip to get your dog to behave

Michael Gould runs the countrywide interactive pet care facility Hounds Town.

Fast Takes: John Bolton’s real ‘crime,’ AI’s dark take on US history and more

“President Trump may hate being the target of lawfare, but he sure knows how to wield it against anyone who crosses him,” snipe The...

LA voting debacle reflects a democracy in crisis

Half of America is watching LA count its votes with a sense of déjà vu.

San Francisco’s comeback is shadowed by a growing class divide

Mayor Daniel Lurie's high approval ratings are being put to the test as a widening class divide, a yawning budget deficit and an ongoing...

Graham Platner’s scandals: Letters to the Editor — June 8, 2026

The Issue: Endorsements for Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner despite multiple scandals. Any person in Maine who votes for Graham Platner will redefine the...

Graham Platner and ‘New Wave left’ detest Western exceptionalism

Graham Platner would have been dismissed as unacceptable in the Democratic party just a decade ago.

Beauty school belongs in Trump’s higher education success story

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, President Donald Trump’s signature legislation, contains a provision to stop universities from being able to receive federal loans for degrees that don’t pay off, sparing students and taxpayers alike from having to foot the bill for useless majors — part of why the act is also known as the […]

Colleges must protect diverse viewpoints and fix workforce readiness gap

When I began my career in higher education, a college degree was universally viewed as part of the American dream. It was promised as a ticket to a flourishing life, and families would sacrifice almost anything to get their children into a university. Today, the American view has shifted. As I interact with alumni, community […]

The true story of rebel gamblers

Pick up a copy of Kit Chellel’s recent book Lucky Devils, and you might think you’re getting “the true story of three rebel gamblers who beat the odds and changed the game.” That’s the subtitle, after all. But what you’re actually getting is a stranger, sadder, more fascinating book about obsession for obsession’s sake, a […]

Where did the antisemitic surge on the Right come from?

When Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) lost his primary election to Ed Gallrein, he began his concession speech by remarking, “I had to call my opponent and concede, and it took a while to find Ed Gallrein in Tel Aviv.” The comment capped off a series of persistent attacks upon Israel and Jews that saw Massie […]

The government has no business in AI

People worry about the ways artificial intelligence will change jobs, education, creativity, and daily lives, according to polling. But they harbor skepticism about the ability of government to regulate it — and rightfully so.  Therefore, it’s particularly concerning when prominent thought leaders and lawmakers crusade for larger roles for the state in AI. For example, […]

Retirement security is in our hands

The average American adult can meet the challenge of ensuring a resilient retirement income even in the absence of a fiscally challenged Social Security program. At retirement, the individual must have accumulated an endowment fund that will be sufficient to provide an annual income for life that will be comparable to the individual’s earnings in […]

A critic takes the measure of ‘Bluey’

Some months into the COVID-19 pandemic, I learned that my children had begun watching the Australian cartoon series “Bluey.” My first instinct was to deliver a sermon on politicization. Surely the Land Down Under, imposer of some of the strictest lockdown measures on the planet, would use its cultural export to lecture children on the […]

Degenerative AI

Google Gemini, why are people using artificial intelligence at work when they should know by now that it’s unreliable and that they’re proving that they’re no longer worth their paycheck, because a machine will phone it in for free? “Human perversity, laziness and stupidity come to mind,” Gemini said after thinking for a millisecond. ”But […]

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