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Opinion

People have right to enjoy their parks

National Columnists

Public parks belong to the public, right? A billionaire can’t cordon off an acre of Golden Gate Park for his private party. But can a poor person — or anyone who claims they can’t afford a home — take over public spaces where children play and families experience nature? That is the ...

Republican Party can still do what’s right

National Columnists

There’s no record of Edmund Burke — the great Irish-born British statesman and father of modern conservatism — actually saying what is often attributed to him: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” But it does capture his worldview well ...

Muslim civilians didn’t volunteer to be martyrs

National Columnists

On April 13, Iran fired hundreds of drones, rockets and missiles at Israel. “So, let’s be straight,” said White House national security spokesperson John Kirby two days later. “Given the scale of this attack, Iran’s intent was clearly to cause significant destruction and ...

Why small businesses hate Bidenomics

National Columnists

If the economy is so good, why do small business leaders feel so bad? The latest Small Business Optimism Index from the National Federation of Independent Business could hardly be more depressing. It finds that the men and women who run our 33 million small businesses and hire more than half ...

Empires begin to strike back at left

National Columnists

With all that is occurring in our political and cultural life, there are signs some Americans have had enough. Google recently fired 28 employees from its New York and Sunnyvale, California, offices for protesting the company’s cloud-computing contract with Israel. The reason given by the ...

Foreign policy splits political parties from inside

National Columnists

In 2024, foreign policy doesn’t pit Republicans against Democrats so much as it pits Republicans against Republicans and Democrats against Democrats. For Joe Biden’s party, Israel is the fault line, with Democrats split between supporters of the Jewish State and those of Palestinian ...