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National Columnists

There are ways to prevent fraud, waste

Governor Tim Walz, Minnesota Democrat, who might have become vice president had Kamala Harris won the November election, has announced he will not be seeking a third term. The alleged fraud involving day care centers and allegations that federal aid went to outside entities, including China and ...

Maduro is getting what he deserved

It was almost six years ago — during the COVID-19 pandemic — that then-Attorney General Bill Barr called a “virtual press conference” to announce that the Justice Department was taking action against Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela. “Today, I am here to talk about the former Maduro ...

Cyberbullying: Getting to heart of matter

The Associated Press recently reported on the disturbing rise of deepfake bullying that is occurring in schools throughout the country. AI-generated technology allows users to maliciously alter classmates’ images and create videos of them. AP writer Heather Hollingsworth mentions an incident ...

Trump’s plunder smashes freedom agenda

The Wall Street Journal editorial board has delivered its share of idiocies over the past few years, but its response to the capture of Nicolas Maduro has set a new standard. Calling the military intervention “justified” because Venezuela had allied with “Russia, China, Cuba, and Iran,” ...

Moral blackmailing of Americans

In Springfield, Illinois, in 1838, a young Abraham Lincoln delivered a powerful speech decrying the “ravages of mob law” throughout the land. Lincoln’s opposition to anarchy of any kind was absolute and clarion: “There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob ...

Tasks lie ahead in Venezuela

Dictator and narco-terrorist Nicolas Maduro was captured by U.S. forces in a thrilling nighttime raid on his palace in Caracas, Venezuela, in an operation codenamed Operation Absolute Resolve. Most Democrats and left-wing media figures have derided President Donald Trump’s actions as an ...