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National Columnists

Many changes have happened in world in 10 years

Ten years ago this month, Donald Trump clinched the Republican nomination for president, with a platform that was vastly different on trade and foreign policy from other recent presidents, Republican and Democratic alike. How fares America – and the world – 10 years later? In ...

AI CEO’s are their own worst enemy

Much of our rising energy costs comes from a decades-long campaign of progressive environmentalists and Democrat backed regulators to tear down coal-fired power plants, block nuclear and natural gas expansion and make America reliant on wind and solar. Data centers get blamed for higher ...

Political violence should not become acceptable

A society that begins to excuse political violence should not be surprised when political violence multiplies. Once you create a moral framework in which violence is not merely understandable but righteous – once you argue that certain institutions are so corrupt, so "murderous," ...

Consequences matter over compassion

One of the most frustrating aspects of contemporary conversations about politics and public policy is how often the deleterious effects of terrible programs – local, state and federal – are brushed aside with distracting (and even deceitful) claims that the intentions behind the ...

There’s fragile balance between compassion, civilization

What is unfolding across parts of Europe, particularly in the United Kingdom under Keir Starmer, should serve as a warning to every Western democracy wrestling with questions of immigration, national identity, social cohesion and the limits of political tolerance. A nation can be ...

Yesterday’s Question

What is your favorite Memorial Day activity? Attend a Memorial Day Program 15.69% Have a picnic or barbecue 17.65% Go to the park 1.96% Go out to eat 1.96% Stay at home and rest 38.24% Something else 24.51%