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Shapiro: Politics is upstream of culture, too

Politics, my mentor Andrew Breitbart famously stated, is downstream of culture. By that, Andrew meant that culture shapes and embodies our values as a society; we then vote based on those values. From church to music, from movies to television, we are affected by the things we see and hear — ...

Stiehm: The price of everything, the value of nothing

WASHINGTON — Only three weeks old, the new Trump presidential power in town knows the price of everything (except eggs) and the value of nothing, as Oscar Wilde observed of fools and cynics. Let's add "shameless." Shame has left the stately building at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. The city on the ...

Parker: Scott Turner’s turn-around job at HUD

Scott Turner, former state legislator, NFL player and pastor from Plano, Texas, will take over as the new Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Given that the history of HUD is about everything that Donald Trump wants to change in Washington, Turner has a great ...

Barone: Trump rides the vibes, for better or worse

After a flurry of activity — the president's tariff threats and showdowns with Mexico and Canada, his expressions of interest in Greenland, the policy changes obtained by Secretary of State Marco Rubio's trips to Panama and El Salvador, the release of arrested Americans in Venezuela — it ...

Stossel: DOGE to the rescue?

The Department of Government Efficiency has started making moves. The D.C. media are furious about his attempts to cut government agencies. But I take Elon Musk's side. More efficient government has been promised often. It's never happened. Instead, government just grew. Sen. Rand Paul ...