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Opinion

The new normal: Abnormal

Editorials and columns

There's poison in the air outside my house, a bitter smoke of ashes and hot freeway, and it is keeping us all inside. Yesterday morning, the kids' summer camp announced that the planned trip to the pool had been cancelled. They would do activities indoors all day. "How high can it get?" ...

Workers of the world aren’t uniting behind the DS

Editorials and columns

What did the country ever do to white college graduates to make them feel so disaffected from its economic and political system? The wave of socialist victories in Democratic primaries is being driven by well-educated white voters who are more extreme than the rest of the Democratic coalition. ...

‘Old folks’ and ‘rookies’ in politics

Editorials and columns

After what we have experienced recently I assure you America will never again hire anyone who would serve as president into their 80s. No blame can go to the founders of our nation who did not feel that it was necessary to put an age limit on the presidency. And then we had the "Joe Biden and ...

3 Reasons Not to Visit Europe This Summer

Editorials and columns

For some reason, many Americans seem convinced they have to tour Europe this summer -- despite the heat, oppressive crowds and high prices all descending on the continent. And if anyone needs a fourth reason, it's to recognize the growing resentment among many Europeans as the tourist hordes ...

The power of a presidential endorsement

Editorials and columns

If someone had predicted forty years ago that one person would emerge on the national political stage and dominate the political conversation on a daily basis, you would declared that person to be? Well pick the adjective you like to describe such a far-fetched notion. Well boys and girls, ...