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National Columnists

Students educated quite well before DOE

How did I, my parents, grandparents and ancestors going back to the founding of the nation manage to get a decent education before the federal Department of Education (DOE) was created by Jimmy Carter and a Democratic Congress? Quite well, thank you. I went to a public school where the ...

Will Trump turn nationalism against America?

President Donald Trump is nothing if not strong-willed, and he’s the leader of the mightiest nation on Earth — but there’s one power even Trump can’t afford to discount. It’s the power of nationalism and national pride, which Trump himself harnessed to win two terms in the White ...

Visitor gets modern-day view of Moscow

When an invitation from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and the renowned Professor Alexander Dugin to visit them in Moscow arrived in my inbox, it was actually the culmination of a series of emails and telephone calls from Russian-American friends giving me a heads up. Still, it startled ...

Foreign nationals receive fundamental rights in US

The United States offers foreign nationals numerous uncomplicated pathways for lawful entry and extended residency. While these foreigners reside in the United States, they receive all of its benefits, ones which are typically unavailable or denied in their home countries: fundamental rights ...

Chief justice delegitimizes high court

At his 2005 Senate confirmation hearing to be chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, John Roberts famously invoked America’s national pastime in describing his view of the judicial role in our constitutional order: “Judges are like umpires. Umpires don’t make the rules, they ...

Hey, can I borrow $1.8 trillion?

OK, here is a test. Go to your favorite bank. Tell your banker you spent $68,000 last year and your salary or income was $49,000. And you are there to ask for a loan. Oh, you tell the banker that last year you borrowed over $18,000 to pay for the service on your $3.6 million debt. Now you ask ...