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Abdul el Sayed.

Is it too late to move the midterm needle in Michigan?

Byron York · October 21, 2026 10:37 pm

Bucks County demonstrators.

The conservative who said yes to Bucks County, USA

El Sayed and Rogers.

What’s ahead if the polls are right — or wrong

Aleppo-Workers giving visitors a tour 900 feet down the Bailey coal mine that straddles Washington and Greene counties in Pennsylvania. (Salena Zito)

In Pennsylvania coal country, follow the climate money

Jake Loosararian, CEO of Gecko Robotics

Pittsburgh’s Gecko Robotics expands its Navy contract to $300 million

Protesters gather outside of the McDonald's Corporation headquarters in Oak Brook, Ill., the annual shareholders meeting demonstrating for higher wages and the right to unionize, in this May 22, 2014 file photo. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Will the NLRB super-size Big Labor’s fast food industry push?

Sean Higgins July 28, 2014 10:06 pm

President Clinton angrily shakes his finger as he denies any improper behavior with an intern during an event Monday, Jan. 26, 1998, in the Roosevelt Room. "I did not have sexual relations with that woman," Clinton said. "I never told anybody to lie." (AP Photo/Greg Gibson)

GOP internal debate: Is party repeating mistakes of 1998?

Byron York July 28, 2014 9:20 pm

Is Lois Lowry’s ‘The Giver’ a portent of what might be?

Is Lois Lowry’s ‘The Giver’ a portent of what might be?

Cal Thomas July 28, 2014 9:00 pm

President Ronald Reagan's approach to Iraq was ruthless realpolitik: his administration viewed Saddam Hussein as an essential counterweight to Iranian power and backed the dictator in his bloody eight-year war with Iran. AP/Bob Dougherty)

Conservatives would do well to resurrect Ronald Reagan’s Middle East policy

Gene Healy July 28, 2014 9:00 pm

A member of the Keferna family cries upon his return to the family house, which was destroyed by Israeli strikes in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Saturday, July 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Is Obama To Blame for the World’s Crises?

Steve Chapman July 28, 2014 2:36 pm

Wouldn't it be great if President Obama acknowledged that U.S. firms are overburdened by the highest corporate tax rate among developed countries, and as a result are becoming less and less competitive? (AP Photo)

What if Obama defended American business?

Lawrence Kudlow July 28, 2014 2:35 pm

British historianÃÂ H. R. Trevor-Roper was the author of "The General Crisis of the Seventeenth Century."ÃÂ (AP/Helmuth Lohmann)

Fighting parasitic bureaucracies and crony capitalism

Michael Barone July 27, 2014 10:00 pm

Central American migrants ride a freight train during their journey toward the U.S.-Mexico border in Ixtepec, Mexico, in this July 12, 2014, photo. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Conservatives need a human rights agenda

James Jay Carafano July 27, 2014 9:00 pm

Pope Francis celebrates a mass in Caserta, Italy, Saturday, July 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Dear Pope Francis: Head west to see the real America

Hugh Hewitt July 27, 2014 9:00 pm

Sen. Kay Hagan is blasting her Republican opponent for âsid[ing] with the special interestsâ because he opposes a corporate welfare agency that gives most of its subsidies to Hagan's campaign contributors. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

Export-Import Bank fan Kay Hagan claims Thom Tillis defends corporate welfare

Timothy P. Carney July 27, 2014 2:00 am

Only about 31,000 people left the disability rolls to return to work in 2012, according to Social Security Administration data. (iStock Photo)

Let low-income Americans opt out of Social Security

Star Parker July 26, 2014 10:00 am

Teachers are underpaid. In politics and also in everyday life, this is almost universally accepted. (iStock Photo)

Are teachers underpaid? Let’s find out

David Harsanyi July 25, 2014 3:43 pm