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Opinion

How long can madness be tolerated?

National Columnists

In her response to the murder of Iryna Zarutska on a light-rail train in Charlotte, North Carolina, the city’s mayor demonstrated the mindset that allowed the heinous act to happen in the first place. Mayor Vi Lyles called the murder of the young Ukraine refugee woman, “a tragic ...

Government should sell unused property

National Columnists

The federal government owns about a third of America. Since we’re on a path to bankruptcy, it would be smart to sell some unused property. President Donald Trump’s Interior Secretary says it may be worth as much as $200 trillion. Selling just a fraction of it would reduce our enormous ...

Heated hearing reveals RFK Jr.’s true colors

National Columnists

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. does not deserve his initials, as he showed in a Senate hearing that revealed a Shakespearean streak of villainy in the health and human services secretary. Senator after senator asked straight questions about his broken promises on vaccine policy. Two are Republican ...

Who’s accountable for autopen pardons?

National Columnists

There are too many politicians in America today who think a man like Decarlos Brown belongs on the streets and not behind bars or in a padded cell. Brown had been arrested more than a dozen times, and convicted of everything from shoplifting to armed robbery, before he plunged a knife into ...

Scam: ‘Genocide Scholars’ stage ‘vote’

National Columnists

When a president recites 30,000 documented falsehoods in one term, is indicted by federal grand juries for violating the Espionage Act and obstructing justice, is convicted of 34 felonies, is found liable for fraud and separately liable for sexual abuse and is nevertheless returned to office by ...

Chicago Democrat expects party to show up

National Columnists

In casual conversations with Democrats in August from across the Midwest, I found that their biggest frustration with the national party is that its platform didn’t appeal to them. I was not surprised to see that same sentiment captured in a poll by The Wall Street Journal around the same ...