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HARROP: Politics and the age of politicians

Democrats are deep in debate over the age of their older leaders. Some need replacement, according to younger Democrats who want to replace them. And in some cases, they are right. But these arguments turn toxic when they equate age with capability. Ageism is bad politics, especially when you ...

De RUGY: The good, bad and ugly in Trump’s new budget

President Donald Trump's 2026 "skinny budget" is out, and at first glance it gives small-government advocates reason to cheer. It proposes deep cuts to domestic agencies, calls for eliminating redundant programs and gestures toward reviving federalism by shifting power and responsibility back ...

NAPOLITANO: Holes in the Constitution

Among the lesser-known holes in the Constitution cut by the Patriot Act of 2001 was the destruction of the "wall" between federal law enforcement and federal spies. The wall was erected in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, which statutorily limited all federal domestic spying ...

PARKER: The ‘N’ in SNAP means nutrition

SNAP, or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, is one of the nation's largest welfare programs. And, like all welfare programs, it is massive, it has grown prodigiously over the years and it is inefficient. One glaring issue, which is gaining attention as a ...

GARVEY: Who can hold a candle to Trump’s amazingness?

Attorney General Pam Bondi recently congratulated President Donald Trump in a cabinet meeting, saying that he has personally saved 258 million lives. Bondi said millions of fentanyl-laced pills that teenagers would have bought thinking they were "a Tylenol or an Adderall" (there, apparently, ...

BARONE: Trump’s push for equal rights and against quotas

"It is the policy of the United States to eliminate the use of disparate-impact liability in all contexts to the maximum degree possible to avoid violating the Constitution, Federal civil rights laws, and basic American ideals." Those words, the operative section of "Restoring Equality of ...