Opinion

Inside sleeve of "Proud Pumpkin" book.

More than a page: How a simple story can shape a childhood

Salena Zito · October 29, 2026 4:07 pm

Pete Hegseth salutes and looks ahead with conviction with people around him.

Hegseth firing Sylvia isn’t office politics — he smoked out a wartime mole

Republican candidate Mike Rogers's campaign office.

Why Detroit holds the key to Michigan’s Senate seat

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Code name ‘Zane,’ secret flights, and a decoy: The DSCC’s Alaska shadow campaign

A ninth grader places her cellphone in to a phone holder.

Children deserve phone-free classrooms

A screen projects an image of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and his main rival, opposition candidate Gadi Eisenkot.

Israel is a first-world country with a third-world electoral system

David Harsanyi October 28, 2026 3:27 pm

Independence Day July 4

Echoes of 1776 in today’s divisive politics

Michael Barone October 28, 2026 2:13 pm

Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Kylian Mbappe shouldn’t apologize for calling Mao a dictator

Ali Holcomb October 28, 2026 1:17 pm

Acton and Ramaswamy.

Conservatives who value family should condemn Ramaswamy ad

Justin Stapley October 28, 2026 1:05 pm

ICE Out training undercover (Photo: Christopher Tremoglie)

Infiltrating the Left: Going undercover and attending radical, left-wing ‘ICE Out’ trainings

Christopher Tremoglie October 28, 2026 11:25 am

The Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters.

The leader FEMA couldn’t keep

Barry Angeline, Dan McCabe October 28, 2026 11:00 am

An American flag waves in front of the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Nov. 2, 2020.

Asylum courts got a reset. Congress should make it stick

Jay Rogers October 28, 2026 10:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters

To punish Trump, legacy media cut the feed on the American public — and called it ‘democracy’

Eric Wargotz October 28, 2026 9:00 am

Ohio man held after Rep. Max Miller run off road by man with Palestinian flag

To end the war, end the Palestinians’ hope of victory

Gregg Roman October 28, 2026 9:00 am

Protesters march through central Paris amid fires, smoke, police deployments and clashes during nationwide demonstrations against the high cost of living, on Oct. 17, 2026 in Paris, France.

France doesn’t have a riot. It has a coalition of instability

Ron MacCammon October 28, 2026 8:00 am

Two men wade in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz with vessels anchored.

Iran’s frozen assets need leverage before confiscation

Pedro Ordein October 28, 2026 7:00 am

A masked demonstrator walks past a burning roadblock placed by protesters demanding that the police and the Prime Minister take immediate action against gangs in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024.

Don’t send an army to Haiti. Command the allies and algorithms that will protect the Shield of the Americas

Jose Lev Alvarez October 28, 2026 7:00 am