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Napolitano: Less government brings a happy Thanksgiving

"Government requires make-believe. Make believe that the king is divine, make believe that he can do no wrong or make believe that the voice of the people is the voice of God. Make believe that the people have a voice or make believe that the representatives of the people are the people. Make ...

Stiehm: November’s broken hearts in history

The most tragic rhyme in American history falls in November's time, one century apart. President Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address on Nov. 19, 1863; President John F. Kennedy died in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. These events reach over endless bends in a profound dialogue like the mighty ...

Robbins: Making Gabbard director of national intelligence really isn’t smart

The furor about the real risk to American national security posed by President-elect Donald Trump's choice of Tulsi Gabbard as the next Director of National Intelligence has obscured what is the even greater risk, and that's the one posed by the president-elect himself. It's somehow all but ...

Zito: The family-run businesses that make Thanksgiving possible

LEECHBURG, Pennsylvania — Tom McIlwain is sitting just outside the double doors leading to the country store at Pounds Farm, shaking off the chill and warming up with a cup of hot coffee. The 91-year-old has just finished herding the last batch of live turkeys, gathering them onto a large ...

Erickson: Worldview matters

It is a truism that does not get talked about enough, but is innately part of being a conservative, or really a person of any ideological conviction — worldview matters. Those of us on the right have long understood this. If, for example, a person is an atheist who believes there is no ...