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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

None of this is normal

Fred Barnes March 8, 2019 5:00 am

Who needs universal basic income?

Dan Hannan March 8, 2019 5:00 am

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Sergei Kislyak.

Letter from the editor: March 12, 2019

Hugo Gurdon March 8, 2019 5:00 am

Bryce Harper adjust his cap as he's introduced as a Philadelphia Phillies player during a news conference at the team's spring training baseball facility, Saturday, March 2, 2019, in Clearwater, Fla. Harper and the Phillies agreed to a $330 million, 13-year contract, the largest deal in baseball history.

Losing a hometown hero

Salena Zito March 8, 2019 5:00 am

President Donald Trump talks with reporters before departing on Marine One for the Air Force Academy graduation ceremony, Thursday, May 30, 2019, in Washington.

Why I am a critic, not a Never Trump absolutist

Philip Klein March 7, 2019 4:20 pm

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., arrives to a hearing.

Impeachment quest lets AOC types set the Democrats’ agenda

Michael Barone March 6, 2019 11:04 pm

President Trump speaks.

Trump’s laughably shortsighted solution to Democratic overreach: Elect me

Kimberly Ross March 6, 2019 7:36 pm

FILE - In a Friday, May 25, 2018 file photo, Hillary Clinton answers a question at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday, June 18, 2018 called the Trump administrationâs âzero toleranceâ policy that has separated children from their parents at the southern U.S. border âa moral and humanitarian crisis.â Speaking at an awards lunch for the Womenâs Forum of New York, Clinton said what was happening to families at the U.S.- Mexico border is âhorrific.â

Can Democrats love the voters Hillary hated?

Timothy P. Carney March 6, 2019 2:17 pm

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jerrold Nadler D-N.Y., speaks during the House Judiciary Committee on the Trump administration's separation policy involving migrant families on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019.

Byron York: House Democrats send message: Impeachment is on

Byron York March 4, 2019 3:09 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Sergei Kislyak.

Letter from the editor: March 5, 2019

Hugo Gurdon March 1, 2019 5:00 am

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What’s the point of passing a law that everyone knows is illegal?

Salena Zito March 1, 2019 5:00 am

Socialism, the default ideology of teen Manichaeans

Dan Hannan March 1, 2019 12:00 am