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National Columnists

Capitalism makes world better place

Politicians bash businesses. “Stop the greed!” shouts Sen. Bernie Sanders. Many Republicans are equally ignorant. When some Florida businesses raised prices in response to sudden demand during a crisis (a useful signaling device in a free market), Attorney General Pam Bondi called ...

New HUD secretary has challenge, opportunity

Scott Turner, former state legislator, NFL player and pastor from Plano, Texas, will take over as the new Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Given that the history of HUD is about everything that Donald Trump wants to change in Washington, Turner has a great ...

If you support immigration, stop excusing chaos

Celebrity Selena Gomez recently posted, and then quickly deleted, a video of herself sobbing uncontrollably over the treatment of illegal immigrants being expelled by the Trump administration. Gomez was, of course, mercilessly mocked by conservatives across social media. And there’s really ...

What kind of populist is Elon Musk?

Can the world’s richest man be a populist? Elon Musk has plenty of enemies on the left who say the Tesla CEO is too rich to be a champion of working Americans. He has opponents on the right who say the same, notably Steve Bannon, the mastermind of the 2016 Trump campaign’s ...

Trump, Musk are spring cleaning government

It’s a bit early for spring cleaning but that’s what President Trump and his faithful companion Elon Musk appear to be doing. When I was a child, every spring my mother would open closets and check the attic and basement for clothes and other items that could be discarded or given to ...

Vance promises to be ‘honest and transparent’

Vice President JD Vance said his return to the village of East Palestine, Ohio, on the second anniversary of the explosive train derailment was about more than just showing up. “I think showing up is important, but there is action behind it,” he said in an interview with the Washington ...