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Opinion

Name aside, Alcatraz would make terrible deportation jail

National Columnists

“The name of Napoleon,” said the French emperor Napoleon III, “is a program in itself.” The same is true of Alcatraz, or as President Trump put it in a Truth Social post announcing his intention to re-open the prison in San Francisco Bay, “ALCATRAZ.” In his post, Trump declared, ...

Defense secretary faces hard choices

National Columnists

Maj. Gen. David Hill was standing a few feet from where the Black Hawk helicopter en route from the Defense Department would soon be landing, at the lush green fields of the Army War College. Hill is the commandant of the prestigious military institution and had been preparing for days for ...

Abrego Garcia gamed immigration system

National Columnists

Kilmar Abrego Garcia shouldn’t be in a prison in El Salvador, but also never should have been in the United States or given relief from deportation. The White House is trying to make the alleged MS-13 gang member a symbol of illegal immigrant crime, while Trump’s opposition is seeking to ...

Yes, let’s attract best, brightest to America

National Columnists

Situated on the outskirts of Sacramento is California’s largest master-planned community, McClellan Park. It has homes, offices, restaurants, a hotel and even a 2-mile-long runway that serves jets. But 30 years ago, the location was a starkly different story: an Air Force base that had just ...

Can government be made efficient?

National Columnists

Steve Jobs co-founded Apple when he was 21 years old. Nine years later, at age 30, he was purged and fired from the company he founded and built by the professional management he helped recruit. Eleven years later, after that management brought the firm to the edge of bankruptcy, Jobs ...

Special day to pray for direction of our country

National Columnists

May 1 was the National Day of Prayer, and President Donald Trump issued a proclamation that included thanking “God for His endless blessings” and asking Him to “grant us fortitude, wisdom, and a renewed spirit of justice.” The Scripture focus selected for this year was Romans 15:13, ...