Recent elections give the lie to the notion that America wants fiery liberal activists to run the country — an idea put forth mainly by fiery liberal activists. It turns out that even Democrats don’t necessarily want them. Consider a recent House primary race in Illinois. If there is any Democrat a liberal might want […]
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Students, don't let the gun lobby wear you down
Only three students were shot at an American school Tuesday. Two of them were hospitalized, and only the 17-year-old gunman died. This made the attack at a southern Maryland high school a fleeting news item. The Austin, Texas, bombings edged it out. The 1999 massacre at Columbine High School in Colorado opened a new horrifying […]
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Chemo infusion room provides some insight
I write you from the infusion room at a community hospital. I’m here not as a patient but as a driver and companion of an elderly friend being treated for cancer. Right now, he’s attached to a chemo bag and snoozing. Let me share some observations. First off, this is not the depressing scene many […]
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Canada, Mexico look elsewhere for trade partners
The United States under President Trump has been retreating from leadership roles in Asia and Europe. Closer to home, his hot rhetoric about trade with Mexico and Canada is propelling our neighbors to start pulling away. Two truths here: One is that the benefits of the North American Free Trade Agreement — a three-country deal […]
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Middle America must lead on guns
America desperately needed a new kind of citizen leader to force political change. She found it in the students, parents and teachers scarred by the massacre at a Parkland, Florida, high school. Watch how effective they’ve been at making the case for tighter gun laws. Watch how they’ve alarmed politicians under NRA control. Their power […]
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Trump refuses to lead in the information war with Russia
“Darkest Hour” follows Winston Churchill’s struggle to rouse Britain to confront the Nazi menace. Winning the war was step two. Step one, the movie’s theme, was to get the country to agree to wage war. And he did no buttering. “I have nothing to offer,” Churchill famously told his nation, “but blood, toil, tears and […]
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Get over the shock; throw the creeps out
There were actually two shocking things about the Rob Porter story. The obvious one was that President Trump kept a man known to have physically attacked both ex-wives and a former girlfriend as his staff secretary. The other was that Hope Hicks, occupying the high-ranking job of Trump’s communications director, thought it OK to become […]
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New federal tax law is an abomination
Would someone kindly replace Nancy Pelosi as a spokesperson for Democrats? The House minority leader’s riff on the tax bill as “crumbs” for average Americans bombed on two fronts. One was her snide and preachy tone. The other was linking “crumbs” to $1,000-or-better bonuses that a few companies said they will distribute out of their […]
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Renewable energy stakes a claim in midwest
Some of the nation’s fiercest winds tear across the 100-odd miles separating Casper and Rawlins, making Wyoming a potential colossus of wind power. So why is Wyoming the only state to tax wind power? Ask the politicians representing America’s biggest producer of coal. Or simpler, check their donor list. “There is a real feeling that […]
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What Americans sacrificed for modest economic gain
“America is roaring back,” Donald Trump pitched to the global elite gathered in Davos, Switzerland. Those back home should be asking two questions: How loud, really, is that roar? (The economy’s, not Trump’s.) And what price are Americans paying for his approach to growth? The Davos billionaires are not unimpressed by the opportunities offered by […]