Opinion

Pittsburgh, PA - Inside mission control at Voyager’s North Side headquarters, where engineers will steer the Griffin lander to the moon. (Shannon M Venditti)

Pittsburgh’s moon shot

Salena Zito · November 6, 2026 12:55 pm

A shopper looks at packages of meat at a grocery store in Dallas, Wednesday, April 15, 2026.

The Democrats’ mandate is affordability, not socialism

marco rubio and jd vance

In the GOP, a new 2028 race

FILE - The U. S. Department of Commerce building is seen in Washington, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file)

The race for federal zones starts in the statehouses

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Israeli elections prove Netanyahu’s political prowess

British writer J.R.R. Tolkien enjoying a pipe in his study at Merton College, Oxford. (Haywood Magee/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Tolkien receives England’s supreme literary accolade

Dan Hannan September 25, 2026 7:10 am

Face masks covid liberals leftism

A ‘weird’ lesbian bar just dropped its mask mandate — and liberals are melting down

Peter Cordi September 25, 2026 7:05 am

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech.

Macron is enabling the next Oct. 7 — and France will pay the price

Jose Lev Alvarez September 25, 2026 7:00 am

President Donald Trump.

Trump didn’t ‘settle for less’ on Greenland. He got exactly what he wanted

Emzari Gelashvili September 25, 2026 7:00 am

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

I voted for Trump and RFK Jr. to clean up our food. This FDA nominee threatens that promise

Kimberly Boobyer September 25, 2026 7:00 am

Gas Prices Iran War

Why $4 gas is the bargain of a lifetime

Michael Levin September 25, 2026 7:00 am

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

United Nations uselessness glaring at General Assembly

Hugo Gurdon September 25, 2026 6:45 am

Secretary of State Marco Rubio stares out ahead.

The US can’t win if it keeps rebuffing allies

Michael Rubin September 25, 2026 6:00 am

Donald Trump bares his teeth like a shark with his mouth wide open.

Trump’s sanctions will fail. It’s time to march on Tehran

Donald L. Losman September 25, 2026 6:00 am

Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump enters the debate hall in front of the "C" in CNN during the Republican presidential debate sponsored by CNN, Salem Media Group and the Washington Times at the University of Miami in 2016.

Trump just surrendered the one media advantage he had over Biden

Jeremy Etelson September 25, 2026 6:00 am

President Donald Trump, left, speaks with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, at a working lunch with leaders of G7 and the Middle East, in Evian-les-Bains, France, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)

Under US pressure, Mark Carney wages a diplomatic blitz

Daniel DePetris September 25, 2026 6:00 am

Nikole Hannah-Jones speaks onstage during "The New Power Structure: Black Politics in the Age of Resistance" panel during the 2026 National Association Of Black Journalists Convention at Atlanta Marriott Marquis on August 13, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Failing public schools need higher standards, not more money

Tiana Lowe Doescher September 25, 2026 5:45 am