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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

Isolation from the lockdowns could cause an increase of deaths of despair.

The warped thinking behind the world’s lockdowns

Dan Hannan May 18, 2020 12:00 am

The Bristol Motor Speedway is reflected in a puddle at the camping site on May 2.

Racing’s Colosseum goes dark waiting to welcome its family back home

Salena Zito May 17, 2020 4:00 am

The US coronavirus approach is a little bit of everything

Philip Klein May 15, 2020 4:00 am

Getting America off its knees

Hugo Gurdon May 13, 2020 9:53 pm

F Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn turned himself in to federal investigators on Dec. 1, noting at the time that his decision to work with special counsel Robert Mueller was made "in the best interests of my family and of our country." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

What we still don’t know about the Michael Flynn case

Byron York May 12, 2020 1:53 pm

FILE - In this May 7, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump listens during a meeting about the coronavirus response in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Trump is hoping to persuade a Supreme Court with two of his appointees to keep his tax and other financial records from being turned over to lawmakers and a New York district attorney. The justices are hearing arguments by telephone Tuesday, May 12.

Trump reelection in big trouble amid struggles with seniors

Kristen Soltis Anderson May 12, 2020 4:00 am

Ron Necciai, 87, at his home in Belle Vernon on May 6. Necciai is best known for his record for a 27 strike-out game in 9 innings, which he accomplished in 1952. Nobody has broken that record since.

The natural: Pittsburgh-area legend Ron Necciai recalls his 27-strikeout game

Salena Zito May 10, 2020 4:00 am

No vacancy

Fred Barnes May 8, 2020 3:00 am

The damage done by journalism prizes

Hugo Gurdon May 6, 2020 8:28 pm

Shot of a senior woman looking out the window.

What does ‘isolate the vulnerable’ even mean?

Philip Klein May 6, 2020 10:32 am

Seven trends the virus will accelerate, and three it will halt

Dan Hannan May 4, 2020 4:00 am

The Tower of Voices is seen from the entrance of the Flight 93 Memorial in Shanksville, Pa. The Park is closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

How will we memorialize the coronavirus pandemic?

Salena Zito May 3, 2020 4:00 am