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National Columnists

Democracy lives as record number voted

In the end, Kamala Harris was the wrong candidate with the wrong message at the wrong time. President-elect Donald Trump won the greatest comeback in American political history - bigger than Richard Nixon’s 1968 victory - by surviving two assassination attempts and a majority of voters who ...

In topsy-turvy world, authors call for book boycott

I am troubled, disappointed and shocked that so many of my fellow authors wish to suppress books based on the nationality of their author. Over 3,000 “writers, translators, illustrators and book workers” have signed a petition to boycott books printed or distributed by Israeli ...

Election night’s least surprising result is bipartisan bummer

Supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris are surely experiencing disappointment, but one of the Biden-Harris administration’s pillars — “industrial policy” — won big on Tuesday. That’s because it’s already been embraced by both parties. President-elect Donald Trump loves ...

TB – Silent killer crossing our border

Open borders allow deadly narcotics and criminal gangs to invade our country. But there’s a silent killer also making its way across the border: tuberculosis. America’s woke public health authorities are more concerned with equity — redistributing health resources among racial groups ...

Is it too early to speculate about 2028?

What can a columnist do when his deadline is Election Day and he doesn’t know who has won the presidency and other offices. Answer: He speculates about 2028. The person most likely to run in four years is former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. She has strong support from many ...

How politics hasn’t changed since Jefferson

The most extreme accusations Democrats and Republicans hurl at one another today would be familiar to the Founding Fathers. In fact, the election of 1800 alone featured almost everything that’s made Donald Trump’s three presidential contests a wild ride. Accusations of foreign ...