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National Columnists

Supreme Court upholds Constitution on tariffs

So much for the notion that the Supreme Court, with its 6-3 majority of justices appointed by Republican presidents, was going to be a rubber stamp for Donald Trump. That is a frequently voiced charge by partisan Democrats, and a fear of many ambivalent voters who find many of Trump's ...

Four fallacies behind post-SCOTUS-ruling tariffs

Within hours of the Supreme Court ruling that the White House's widespread "emergency" tariffs were illegal, President Donald Trump moved to install 10% across-the-board tariffs under a different alleged authority. He later said he would raise that rate to 15% and delivered a combative ...

Men’s hockey team did it right

If men's basketball is the most popular and professional athlete-filled team sport at the quadrennial Summer Olympic Games, then men's ice hockey is its Winter Olympic Games analogue. But there is one major difference. The United States has dominated men's basketball at the Summer ...

Schools dismantling DEI owe students action

Last year, following Trump's anti-DEI executive order, the Department of Education sent a letter to educational institutions. It began "Dear Colleagues," and threatened to withhold federal funds from institutions that did not gut their diversity, equity and inclusion objectives, claiming ...

Revolution brewing in British politics

Revolution brewing in British political circles There's a revolution brewing across the Big Pond. The British people were already fed up with the Labour government headed by Prime Minister Keir Starmer. And then the man Starmer appointed to be ambassador to the United States – Peter ...

I don’t care if skater Liu is woke

As the nation celebrated American figure skater Alysa Liu's stunning victories at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games, there's a particular collection of embarrassingly sad online dwellers who just can't understand why conservatives might cheer on Liu. Why? Well, because she is, apparently, ...