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National Columnists

Why are elite schools getting federal money?

Columbia University at first appeared to have surrendered to President Trump’s demands that the New York school stop coddling antisemitic and anti-Israel demonstrators. The school announced it was buckling, not on principle, but because it wants the $400 million in federal grants and ...

Authors say great things can be accomplished

“Imagine boarding a train in the center of a city,” former President Barack Obama rhapsodized in April 2009. “No racing to an airport and across a terminal, no delays, no sitting on the tarmac, no lost luggage, no taking off your shoes. Imagine whisking through towns at speeds over 100 ...

Government pamphlet is France’s DIY war effort guide

How do you know that your government is useless? When it starts outsourcing its own job to you. French President Emmanuel Macron isn’t one to let a crisis - manufactured or otherwise - go to waste. Now that Moscow and Washington are finally talking about ending the war in Ukraine, Europe is ...

Manufacturing evolving, not collapsing

If you believe the political rhetoric, you probably think America’s industrial base has been hollowed out, gutted or “shipped overseas.” Across the ideological spectrum, people say U.S. manufacturing is in decline. They argue mostly about who’s to blame and how many tariffs we need to ...

Who profits when cities burn?

What would you call an organization that collects money from the public and distributes it to organizations that fund riots that result in billions of dollars in damages, that transfer the money to bail out criminals who ultimately kill and victimize innocent Americans, that support terrorist ...

Congresswoman Love, boxing champion Foreman will be missed

America lost two giants who appeared on different stages, and did not always win, but were examples for all of us to emulate. They both represented America admirably. One was a Gold Medal recipient in the Olympic Games before becoming a professional champion. The other made a mark in the ...