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Commentary: Marry rich. That's the Republican plan for moms
The Republican Party is making yet another appeal to mothers, hoping to get them in Donald Trump’s camp ahead of this year’s presidential election. As Alabama Senator Katie Britt put it in her State of the Union ...Read more
ATTENTION DENNIS PRAGER EDITORS: A MANDATORY CORRECTION HAS BEEN MADE TO THE FOLLOWING COLUMN. THE INTRODUCTORY SENTENCE OF THE 8TH GRAF SHOULD SAY "One reason, I believe, is that he is a frightened Jew." PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING CORRECTED VERSION. THANK YOU. -- CREATORS
Israel As 'A Pariah' Among the Nations
Last week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) twice described Israel as a "pariah" among the world's nations:
"Israel cannot survive if it becomes a pariah. ... [The ...Read more
Editorial: Jan. 6 (2025) is coming ... and Trump just weaponized the GOP's fundraising arm
A thought exercise: Describe a scenario under which former President Donald Trump clearly loses the 2024 election — and reacts by gracefully conceding to President Joe Biden.
It’s a trick question, of course. No such ...Read more
Commentary: Aging comes with stigma. Let's admire the defiant
Who do you want to be when you grow old?
Increasingly, senior citizens decide to keep working, including the two front-runners for the 2024 presidential election. Because many Americans consider the candidates too old for...Read more
Commentary: The US is at its best when it learns from its mistakes
Learning from your mistakes isn’t just something that applies to your personal life – it’s a core lesson of political science. Ten years before the Framers of our Constitution gathered in Philadelphia to draft a new ...Read more
Commentary: Ours is the most wasteful civilization in history. Here's how to stop that
What if the looming calamities of climate change, plastic pollution, the energy crisis and our whole environmental doom-scroll are symptoms of just one malady and it’s something we actually can fix?
That’s right, the ...Read more
Editorial: What's behind California's high gas prices? Don't trust the oil industry for answers
If you live in California you’ve probably run across ads blaming high gasoline prices on state laws and policies. They’re online, on television, in mailers, on highway billboards and even on gas pumps themselves. One ...Read more
Editorial: No more targeting LGBTQ folks: Florida settlement illuminates MAGA strategy
In a federal court settlement last week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ signature “don’t say gay” law — which cost the state millions in business and led to the governor attempting to subjugate a noncompliant Disney ...Read more
Have South Carolina's abortion numbers changed after heartbeat bill? Here's what the data says
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A state representative claimed during last week’s budget debate that South Carolina hasn’t seen a “significant change” in abortions since the heartbeat bill was upheld by the state’s Supreme ...Read more
Commentary: Elections workers must wake up to the risks posed by AI
Days before New Hampshire’s presidential primary, up to 25,000 Granite State voters received a mysterious call from “President Joe Biden.” He urged Democrats not to vote in the primary because it “only enables the ...Read more
Doyle McManus: Trump has big plans for California if he wins a second term. Fasten your seatbelts
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is running against California — again.
In his campaign to win a second term, the former president frequently excoriates the state as a terrifying dystopia — the inevitable product, he ...Read more
Editorial: The US can't cruise its way through the Haiti crisis
Tens of thousands of Americans visit Haiti every year, despite that nation descending into gang-fueled anarchistic chaos. They just don’t really know they are there.
That’s because they’re hermetically sealed off in...Read more
Editorial: The clock ticks for Chinese ownership of TikTok. Good
There are any number of reasons to despise TikTok, the mind-numbing entity best known not for keeping friends in touch but an endless stream of short-form videos algorithmically tuned with unerring precision to satisfy the...Read more
Tyler Cowen: Why is Haiti's economy so much worse than its neighbor's?
As Haiti continues its descent into chaos, the Dominican Republic continues to prosper. The two countries share the island of Hispaniola and a lot of history, and yet the Dominican Republic now stands as one of the ...Read more
Editorial: A helping hand for Haiti: We can and should protect those forced to flee
Imagine that the Jan. 6 insurrection had succeeded. Perhaps the Oath Keepers who had been standing by with weapons caches ready to go had mounted a full-scale assault, capturing the Capitol and taking some lawmakers ...Read more
Editorial: Why it's smart for universities to bring back the SAT requirement
The SAT and ACT are making a small but important comeback after the tests were widely dropped as a requirement for college applications during the pandemic.
Most schools went test-optional, meaning students could submit ...Read more
Clarence Page: This time Trump really does seem to be making Black voter inroads. Why?
Reports that Donald Trump has made surprising gains among Black voters have raised understandable alarm among my Democratic-leaning friends.
And it’s small wonder. Despite anecdotal reports that Trump had made some ...Read more
Spending deal close, though final action could slip past deadline
WASHINGTON — House GOP and Biden administration negotiators were on the verge of a fiscal 2024 Homeland Security spending deal Monday, even as agencies face a potential brief appropriations lapse this weekend with time ...Read more
Trump rules out Vivek Ramaswamy as running mate as he eyes new team
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has ruled out Vivek Ramaswamy as his running mate and is instead eyeing the entrepreneur for a Cabinet job, according to people familiar with the matter, as the Republican presidential nominee ...Read more
Spending deal done, though final action could slip past deadline
WASHINGTON — House GOP and Biden administration negotiators reached a fiscal 2024 Homeland Security spending deal Monday night, even as agencies face a potential brief appropriations lapse this weekend with time running ...Read more
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