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National Columnists

We need to show love for one another

While I was watching the ongoing news reports on the assassination attempt of former President Donald J. Trump, I was simultaneously scrolling through social media posts on X. The repulsive vitriol was and continues to be ever present, and although President Joe Biden had the best intentions in ...

Can we let voters decide — not FBI, CIA, DOJ?

When Donald Trump seemed to have a lock on the 2016 Republican primary, the Democratic Party concluded that the people could not be counted on to do the “right thing” of electing the Democratic candidate in waiting Hillary Clinton. What followed were eight long years of extralegal efforts ...

Never confuse incompetence for malice

During COVID, many people believed so many of the things that were conspiracies came true. They were never conspiracies. They were statements of common sense that ordinary Americans knew were true but the bureaucrats insisted were not so. The competence of ordinary Americans was given ...

Harris better than Biden? Doubtful

If Joe Biden is pushed out of the presidential race by elite Democrats, the most obvious replacement is Kamala Harris. Numerous pundits have noted that the vice president is already running ahead of Biden against Donald Trump – even before she’s had the chance to make her case. Though ...

Echoes of history in 2024 campaign

For those of a certain age, or with more than a woke education, the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump brings back echoes of history. Not exactly the history of the abysmal political year of 1968, which saw the murders of Martin Luther King Jr., 39, and Robert F. ...

Assassination attempt speaks to gun violence

After the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, this is what I know for sure. Gun violence can happen to anyone, anywhere and at any time. It is truly America’s great equalizer. It touches the rich and the poor. It happens at nightclubs, movie theaters, the mall, while grocery shopping or ...