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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

A line zig zags showing drug prices fluctuating as Trump (outlined in the graphic speaking into a microphone) tries to make arbitrary deals with Big Pharma companies without congressional approval.

The Trump-Pharma deals reflect the flaws of state capitalism

James Capretta May 11, 2026 3:00 pm

White House embedded with a ship filled with cargo on the left representing international trade and how Trump's tariffs have affected trade policy and the U.S. economy.

How Trump’s tariffs can paradoxically raise economic freedom

Peter St. Onge May 11, 2026 12:00 pm

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Liberal policies don’t work even when rebranded as ‘conservative’

David Burton May 11, 2026 10:00 am

U.S. Senate candidate from Maine Graham Platner speaks during a campaign townhall event on May 2, 2026 in Appleton, Maine. Supporters gathered in a rustic barn to hear Platner speak and answer un-screened questions from the audience. (Photo by Graeme Sloan/Getty Images)

Democrats go all-in for Mr. Nazi Tattoo

Guy Benson May 8, 2026 7:14 am

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Tucker Carlson’s fantasy Islam

Dominic Green May 8, 2026 7:12 am

Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., attends the Senate Finance Committee markup on the nominations of Xavier Becerra, Katherine Tai and Adewale Adeyemo, in Hart Building on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Ben Sasse, I want you to read your obituary while you can

Dan Hannan May 8, 2026 7:09 am

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Forget universal daycare. Just give new parents cash

Timothy P. Carney May 1, 2026 5:59 am

King Charles and Trump.

The curious birth of English America

Dan Hannan May 1, 2026 5:55 am

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump kisses a "Women for Trump" placard during a rally at the Lakeland Linder Regional Airport in Lakeland, Florida on October 12, 2016. / AFP / Mandel NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump to corporate America: Kiss my a**, please

Timothy P. Carney April 24, 2026 6:07 am

James Carville poses for a portrait at the 27th SCAD Savannah Film Festival on October 31, 2024 in Savannah, Georgia. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for SCAD)

James Carville goes full radical

Guy Benson April 24, 2026 6:05 am

Yemen's Houthi security soldiers stand next to a billboard depicting the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump, during a demonstration staged to show solidarity with Iran on April 3, 2026 in Sana'a, Yemen. Yemen's Iran-backed armed Houthi group has warned they will move to shutter the Bab Al-Mandeb Strait through missile-drone attacks if Gulf nations join the US-Israel war on Iran. (Photo by Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)

Let’s review the red lines Iran is still rejecting

Guy Benson April 17, 2026 5:55 am

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The Catholic Great Awakening

Timothy P. Carney April 17, 2026 5:52 am