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National Columnists

Can Trump win trade wars before they start?

Donald Trump knows exactly what he’s doing with tariffs. Everyone else is baffled: Why did the president announce heavy taxes on imports from Canada as well as Mexico and China? America has an obvious interest in economic decoupling from China, a great-power rival. And by first imposing ...

Remembering, celebrating pastor of my youth

Last week, I returned to Athens, Georgia, to celebrate the life of the pastor of my youth, the Rev. Dr. Winfred M. Hope, who shepherded Ebenezer Baptist Church West for 40 years. For my generation, those who grew up during the 1970s and ‘80s, it was what I call the golden age of church. As ...

Investment firm wants to make US Steel great again

The investment firm Ancora is pushing U.S. Steel shareholders to drop the Nippon Steel merger and oust CEO David Burritt, a move that would align with President Donald Trump’s insistence that U.S. Steel stay in American hands. It is unclear from its statement how big a stake in U.S. Steel ...

At last: Seeing government work

One of the things that frustrates so many people about Washington is its dysfunction. We are paying more and getting less. Another day older and deeper in debt as an old song goes. The cost, bureaucracy and government’s failure to produce many results despite the promises of politicians feeds ...

Executive order initiates end to DEI

With one carefully crafted act, the president initiated the end of DEI in the federal government and perhaps in the private sector and educational system as well. It is a breathtakingly bold and wholly righteous move that could bring about a generational change. One way or the other, books will ...

Trump philosophy: Move fast, break things

Move fast and break things. That’s the original operating philosophy of Facebook founder and Meta mogul Mark Zuckerberg, and it seems to be the operating procedure of President Donald Trump in these first weeks of his second term. That makes a certain sense. In a largely successful society, ...