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National Columnists

An un-American campaign goes on against Trump

Donald Trump has a $355 million judgment against him, and we’re just getting started. The judgment in the civil fraud case, which reaches $450 million including pre-judgment interest, is the handiwork of an elected Democratic judge in a case brought by an elected Democratic prosecutor who ...

Biden’s open-door policy in context

What’s been missing these past couple of months from the coverage of and debate over the failed immigration bill? Some important basic facts and lots of historical context. The record is not in doubt. Customs and Border Protection has reported 302,000 immigrant encounters in December, the ...

Gen Zers make pivot back to faith

A significant number of Gen Z Americans and college students appear to be doing a “pivot” back to religion, according to Jay Richards, the director of the Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Life, Religion, and Family at the Heritage Foundation. In one digital interview, Richards explains ...

Prosecutor faces court of public opinion

Fani Willis should have known better. It doesn’t take a law degree to know that the appearance of impropriety can be just as damaging as the real thing. Sometimes worse. That’s particularly true in a “heater case,” which is courthouse slang for a case that attracts an inordinate ...

Don’t overlook homeless people’s situation

At a lunch meeting recently, I heard someone say they liked living downtown but moved to the suburbs because “the homelessness is just too much.” This same person went on to say that unhoused people should be relocated out of downtown. To where? He didn’t say. I bristled. Someone ...

Long journey toward educational reform

In the realm of education, crises are not merely disruptions but illuminations of systemic failures that have festered beneath the surface for decades. The United States stands at a crossroads where the path forward demands not just acknowledgment of these failures but a steadfast commitment to ...