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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

marco rubio and jd vance

In the GOP, a new 2028 race

Blue wave congress

America does the right thing after exhausting every other option

Ken Paxton election night watch party

The Red Wedding election

From left: Sen.-elect Troy Jackson (D-ME) celebrates his victory over Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) in Portland, Maine, Nov. 3, 2026; Sen.-elect James Talarico (D-TX) celebrates in Austin, Texas, Nov. 3, 2026; and Sen.-elect Adam Hamilton (D-KS) thanks supporters at a victory party in Overland Park, Kansas, Nov. 3, 2026. (From left: Scott Eisen/Getty; Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty; Austin Johnson/AFP/Getty)

Character matters, unfortunately for Republicans

Defund and repeal Obamacare

David Limbaugh July 8, 2013 4:00 am

The story of Omar Sykes' murder has not been covered widely outside of Washington, D.C. (Courtesy photo/Metropolitan Police Department)

Scripting our racial morality plays

Mona Charen July 8, 2013 4:00 am

Even in legal cases involving terrible crimes, such as the O.J. Simpson murder trial, many black "leaders" didn't wait for facts from the trial to take sides based on race. (AP File)

Put not your trust in ethnic leaders

Thomas Sowell July 8, 2013 4:00 am

In James Bennett and Michael Lotus' book "America 3.0," the authors describe the roots of American exceptionalism as going back to the Anglo-Saxon invaders of England after the fall of the Roman Empire.

With its roots in the nuclear family, the nation evolves into ‘America 3.0’

Michael Barone July 4, 2013 4:00 am

Military cemeteries across the world where Americans are laid to rest are a testament to the price of freedom. (AP File)

Independence Day plus 237

Cal Thomas July 4, 2013 4:00 am

The Declaration of Independence

What the Declaration of Independence can teach Congress

Philip Klein July 3, 2013 4:00 am

From his earliest days in the Senate until his last, Edward M. Kennedy, known by one and all as Teddy, kept struggling for an ever changing, usually worsening, set of policies toward relaxing our immigration laws. (AP Photo/Bill Chaplis)

Edward Kennedy’s mischievous impulse

R. Emmett Tyrrell July 3, 2013 4:00 am

President Barack Obama threatened to veto two bills the House of Representatives will vote on Wednesday, both of which are designed to embarrass the administration over recent delays in implementing key Obamacare mandates. (AP/Luke Sharrett)

Obama will send black voters to the GOP

Larry Elder July 3, 2013 4:00 am

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Steve Chapman July 3, 2013 4:00 am

State legislators are waking up

Walter Williams July 2, 2013 4:00 am

There are about 3,000 government security cameras around New York City, but London has 500,000. (Photo: Thinkstock)

What we know about the government is scary

John Stossel July 2, 2013 4:00 am

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High Court to review sweetheart deals between unions, management

Sean Higgins July 2, 2013 4:00 am