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National Columnists

World Cup continues to delight us

When the World Cup rolls around every four years, I settle in. Greece didn't qualify and I always had my doubts about the U.S. squad, so I quickly adopted Cape Verde as my team. I wasn't alone, which is why it was impossible for me to fully get on the bandwagon and buy their jersey. ...

We need honesty, not judgment

As the tragedy of Nolan Wells' death continues to dominate the news, there are so many unanswered questions. Perhaps the most significant one is what his grieving parents shared in a recent interview with "Good Morning America's" Michael Strahan. Why did their 18-year-old son separate ...

Democrats need to make some changes

The Platner fiasco has unleashed something of a brawl in the Democratic Party over how the sexting candidate with a Nazi tattoo came to be their rival to Susan Collins, now in her 5th term as Republican senator from Maine. Bernie Sanders thought his socialists could pass off blue-collar ...

Birthright citizenship not just for immigrants

Now that we've completed our celebration of America's 250th birthday, it's time to prepare for the 300th. I will not live to see it, but I hope the nation will. Though the Supreme Court has done its share to deform our constitutional structure recently, it also gave us a gift for the 250th ...

Anti-socialism is GOP’s golden opportunity

The Democratic Party has come a long way since Bill Clinton was president – and not in a good way. But of all the issues where the Democratic Party has moved sharply to the left since the Clinton era, perhaps none is more notable than economic policy. During his 1996 State of the Union ...

Bills shouldn’t be guided by lobbying ops

Congress loves to wrap legislation in the language of the public interest. This year's surface transportation reauthorization bill is no exception. Supporters describe the House Transportation Committee-passed package as a major safety bill designed to make America's transportation ...