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President Donald Trump imitates a golf swing after speaking at a campaign event in Park City, Kansas, US, on Monday, Oct. 19, 2026. (Nick Oxford/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

When good enough is good enough

Timothy P. Carney · October 24, 2026 8:00 am

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Abdul el Sayed’s chronic, brazen lying

Demonstrators rally during a "Stop Sexual Violence" protest at the Washington Monument, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Our bodies, our choice, our 60-year mistake

President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin talk, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump has killed the American-led world order

Timothy Miller, 76, arriving at Portsmouth Magistrates Court, to face charges of wearing or using an item to conceal his identity at an anti-immigration protest in Portsmouth city centre on Saturday September 12. Picture date: Wednesday October 14, 2026. (Photo by Andrew Matthews/PA Images via Getty Images)

Timothy Miller, an innocent woman

SILVER GROVE, West Virginia â An unincorporated community in Jefferson county, West Virginia, on the eastern banks of the Shenandoah River.

Beto takes extreme abortion stance. Media doesn’t bat an eye

Salena Zito March 29, 2019 12:00 am

Special Counsel Robert Mueller, and his wife Ann, pass the White House as they walk to their car, after attending services at St. John's Episcopal Church, across from the White House, in Washington, Sunday, March 24, 2019. Mueller closed his long and contentious Russia investigation with no new charges, ending the probe that has cast a dark shadow over Donald Trump's presidency.

Collusiongate, RIP

Michael Barone March 27, 2019 10:35 pm

Special counsel Robert Mueller walks past the White House after attending services at St. John's Episcopal Church. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Byron York: Release the Mueller report now

Byron York March 27, 2019 2:41 pm

The touchscreen revolution tilts the playing field to the elites

Timothy P. Carney March 27, 2019 2:50 am

"We're certainly not above criticism — it's a free country," Roberts said (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

How John Roberts turned the Supreme Court into a legislative body to save Obamacare

Philip Klein March 26, 2019 4:22 pm

How do terrorists want us to react?

Dan Hannan March 22, 2019 4:00 am

SILVER GROVE, West Virginia â An unincorporated community in Jefferson county, West Virginia, on the eastern banks of the Shenandoah River.

Can any 2020 Democrats speak Yinzer?

Salena Zito March 22, 2019 4:00 am

Letter from the editor: March 26, 2019

Hugo Gurdon March 22, 2019 4:00 am

Democrats’ socialist folly

Fred Barnes March 22, 2019 12:00 am

President Trump leaves after an event.

After Trump, life will go on

Kimberly Ross March 21, 2019 6:53 pm

President Donald Trump waves to supporters during a rally in Tupelo, Miss., Monday, Nov. 26, 2018, for winning Senate candidate Cindy Hyde-Smith.

Old political rules of thumb are yielding to even older ones

Michael Barone March 20, 2019 9:25 pm

Justice Department official Bruce Ohr arrives for a closed hearing of the House Judiciary and House Oversight committees on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Will Democrats finally admit the Obama DOJ and FBI lied to the FISA court?

Margot Cleveland March 20, 2019 5:06 pm