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National Columnists

Crew of Titanic was also distracted, used poor judgment

This April is the 111th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. That tragedy did not just happen by chance. Arrogant people who boasted that the ship was invincible played a major role. The “best engineers” during those times determined that even if the “unsinkable” ship were to ...

More entitlement red flags as politicians tout inaction

Republicans and Democrats have been tripping over each other to tell voters how committed they are to making zero changes to Social Security and Medicare. Meanwhile, the Social Security and Medicare Trustees just confirmed yet again that within 10 years the programs’ funds will be ...

Dear Trump haters: Can you contain this fire?

One can trace former President Donald Trump’s indictment by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg back to the media/Democrat belief that Trump’s 2016 election was illegitimate. Sure, some, like Hillary Clinton, questioned former President Barack Obama’s birthplace. And, after the ...

Trump unites, then divides

There are several ways of looking at the events that occurred this week inside a Manhattan courtroom and later at Donald Trump’s home in Florida. First, the indictment of the former president for illegally “conspiring” to win the White House in the 2016 election by paying “hush ...

Hey, Uncle Sam: Stop paying people for not working

A policy question these days that has befuddled federal lawmakers is why so many millions of people have not returned to the workplace in the post-COVID-19 era. The labor force participation rate among employable adults is near a record low today. There are at least 2 million to 4 million ...

For Trump: Character matters

Leaving aside all the sometimes legitimate and sometimes illegitimate responses from defenders of former President Donald Trump following his indictment by a New York grand jury, there is something that would have made all the difference for the 45th president had he focused on it as his top ...