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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

With rosary beads wrapped around clasped hands, a man bows in prayer during a Mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Christianity’s most countercultural teaching: Be not afraid

Timothy P. Carney July 9, 2020 10:01 am

The revolution must be beaten; do the math

Hugo Gurdon July 8, 2020 2:04 pm

Madonna of the Trail defies statue-toppling culture

Salena Zito June 28, 2020 4:00 am

Trump’s in trouble

Fred Barnes June 26, 2020 3:00 am

A dirty dozen terms used to manipulate your thoughts

Hugo Gurdon June 24, 2020 3:55 pm

Big Tech, Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook

The unholy alliance of big government and Big Tech

Dan Hannan June 22, 2020 4:01 am

Riley Keaton, 22, of Spencer, West Virginia, poses for a portrait in front of his campaign sign on June 17 â a week after winning the primaries.

Even Gen Z knows all politics is local

Salena Zito June 21, 2020 4:00 am

Pelosi’s gamble

Fred Barnes June 19, 2020 3:00 am

New cement and wood barricades bear the name CHOP, Tuesday, June 16, 2020, inside what has been named the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest zone in Seattle. The city put the barriers in place Tuesday in hopes of defining an area where emergency, delivery, and other vehicles can travel through the area while still preserving space for protesters, who have been there since police pulled back from near the department's East Precinct after recent clashes with people protesting the death of George Floyd.

Getting a handle on the vandals

Hugo Gurdon June 17, 2020 12:06 pm

Who are you going to recall? Ghostbusters, busted

Salena Zito June 14, 2020 4:00 am

The bill passed 363-64 after days of debate that included consideration ofÂ more than 100 amendments. It marked the first major piece of legislation passed under the newly minted speakership of Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., who succeeded now-retired Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, one week ago.Â (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

An action plan for saving America’s transportation infrastructure

Philip K. Howard June 12, 2020 7:45 pm

The troubling implications of George Floyd protests in Europe

Dan Hannan June 12, 2020 3:00 am