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Opinion

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 ...

Seeking equality rooted in Godly brotherhood

National Columnists

The 62nd anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom passed kind of quietly on Aug. 28. The Rev. Al Sharpton led a protest march through Manhattan’s Financial District in an attempt to influence businesses and corporations not to end their diversity, equity and inclusion ...

Jeans Mom or yoga pants Dad?

National Columnists

There’s a guy at my gym who works out in jeans. They’re not baggy jeans, either. They’re the regular, no-stretch, no-fun, no-frills jeans. The man’s in his late 50s or early 60s, not old enough to have given up and not so young that he’s clueless. I’ve found myself thinking the ...

Our rights do not come from government

National Columnists

Tim Kaine needs to report to a remedial civics class as soon as possible. The Virginia senator and former vice presidential candidate expressed outrage at a congressional hearing that a Trump nominee said that our rights come from God, not government. Kaine suspected incipient theocracy, ...