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Benito Mussolini in Rome, 1934. (Photo by Ullstein Bild / via Getty Images)

Age of parody

Dominic Green · October 31, 2026 5:45 am

Democratic candidate for US Senate James Talarico and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. (Photos by Ronaldo Schemidt and Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images)

Extremist Democrats boosted by corrupt Republicans

President Donald Trump and tariffs.

Why did anyone think Trump’s tariffs would be popular?

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An eleventh-hour GOP surge, or a looming blue blowout?

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

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio criticized Bernie Sanders for saying Hillary Clinton was "unqualified" to be president. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Bill de Blasio is on the way out, but his mindset lingers

Michael Barone October 12, 2021 8:40 pm

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

Faith, family, and Friday night football

Salena Zito October 11, 2021 5:41 pm

Michael Barone: Diversity is not new to America

Michael Barone October 11, 2021 5:40 pm

Timothy P. Carney: Love of country, on the local level

Timothy P. Carney October 11, 2021 5:39 pm

President Joe Biden speaks with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and other House Democratic Leaders in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, in Washington.

Democrats — the party of ‘free stuff’

Hugo Gurdon October 6, 2021 8:56 pm

The PCAs provide at-home care for the elderly and the disabled who hire them, paying them with government health plan reimbursements. The FCCPs run child care businesses -- they are not employees at all -- caring for young children of low-income parents who pay them with state-subsidy vouchers. (iStock Photo)

Mothers want bipartisan solutions for paid leave and child care

Kristen Soltis Anderson October 5, 2021 4:15 pm

Old Quebec City.

Conservatives everywhere should fear a Canada-like future

Dan Hannan October 4, 2021 12:15 am

Supporters of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou gather at Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport in Shenzhen in southern China's Guangdong Province, on Sept. 25. A top executive from global communications giant Huawei Technologies returned to China on Saturday following what amounted to a high-stakes prisoner swap with Canada and the U.S.

American weakness on China

John Bolton October 1, 2021 3:00 am

Biden policies need better arguments than ‘Orange Man Bad’

Michael Barone September 29, 2021 2:36 pm

Preteens need less social media, not more

Kimberly Ross September 29, 2021 2:23 pm

Customers and journalists examine a Tesla Model S sedan at an event in Beijing, China, Tuesday, April 22, 2014. Tesla Motors delivered its first eight electric sedans to customers in China on Tuesday and Musk said the company will build a nationwide network of charging stations and service centers as fast as it can. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Electric cars and deep-sea mining: Is this really good for the planet?

Timothy P. Carney September 29, 2021 2:14 pm

Supporters attend former president Donald Trumpâs Save America rally in Perry, Ga., on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021.

How a conservative can win next time

Hugo Gurdon September 28, 2021 5:16 pm