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National Columnists

Chaos usually sign changes are underway

Here's a scenario from California that would be hard for even a Hollywood screenwriter to come up with. This is a state generally seen to lean heavily to the political left. Its congressional delegation — the largest in the country — stands at 52 House members, of whom 46 are ...

Some like their electric cars

Gasoline prices have surged to their highest levels since the COVID-19 pandemic and it has me feeling pretty good about my electric vehicle purchase. I know that utility prices are also on the rise, but being able to plug my car in at home instead of paying horrid prices at the pump has ...

What kind of democracy is this?

When the Bill of Rights was being crafted in the House of Representatives, it was left to James Madison to articulate the values that would provide an insulation between government negating freedom and the inalienable rights of all persons. The right to worship freely, the freedom of ...

Quiet crisis of manhood

We are living through a quiet but consequential redefinition of manhood — one shaped not by wisdom, responsibility or lived experience but increasingly by noise, performance and profit. A growing segment of voices, amplified across social media, promotes a hollow version of ...

Radical Islamists mean what they say

In the Western world, there's a weird naivety festering throughout our society, rooted in the notion that evil simply doesn't exist. Thanks to multiculturalism, intersectionality, equity and any other combination of leftist buzzwords, we have the bizarre impression that the world is ...

Iran — Taking a longer view of war

The prognosis of the Iran war is now so couched in politics that the public has grown tired and wants it all to go away. But in truth, the situation is so fluid that any accurate prediction is impossible. Yet there is good reason to believe in an eventual outcome quite favorable to the U.S. and ...