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Stiehm: A scorching political summer — not over yet

WASHINGTON — "Summer's lease hath all too short a date," wrote Shakespeare, but the Bard didn't know what the summer of '24 had in store. The cicadas are still singing, but they won't be for long. The days are getting shorter, the nights fall faster. And the garden knows it; the last batch ...

Erickson: Against progressives

Postmodernism is a weird place to be. There is no real truth anymore, only narrative. Each person can have their own truth, and who are we to judge? Exceptions are now the rule; the sky cannot be blue, because some colorblind person does not see it that way, so none of us are allowed to declare ...

Barone: What if Trump runs ahead of his poll numbers — again?

As I try to understand public opinion in yet another presidential election year with former President Donald Trump as the Republican nominee, I see an anomaly. On one hand, the polls look very much like the 2020 and 2016 election results. Trump trails Vice President Kamala Harris by 1.9 ...

Harrop: Harris must defeat Trump to save the democracy. That’s her job.

Presidential elections of yore were not like this one. Would the media kindly get that into their collective skull? Many journalists seem to think that the reluctance of Kamala Harris to sit down for searing in-depth interviews on "the issues" is a major issue. The one she did with CNN rested ...

Napolitano: Now, the feds are spying on Congress

"Those who have sown the wind shall reap the whirlwind." — Hosea 8:7 The federal antipathy to compliance with the Constitution is well known and well documented. Presidents have declared war in contravention of the constitutional command that only Congress may do so. Congress itself has ...

De Rugy: Welcome to the permission-slip economy

Vice President Kamala Harris thinks U.S. Steel should not have the right to sell its business to Japan's Nippon Steel. Previously, some Republican senators thought they too should have the ability to kill the deal between private companies. And it doesn't stop there. During the pandemic, ...