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Robbins: Hard-left Democrats may be in for a thinning

In the Greek fable of Icarus and Daedalus, the former ignores his father's warnings about hubris and, in particular, flying too close to the sun. The rest, as they say, is mythology: Icarus flew too high, had his wings melted and fell to his demise. To put it another way: what goes up must come ...

Erickson: When losing becomes profitable

The Republican National Committee has been meeting in Las Vegas. Turning Point USA's Charlie Kirk arranged counter-programming in Vegas with a handful of hyper-online alt-right activists and fringe celebrities floating Taylor Swift conspiracy theories and demanding accountability for Ronna ...

Garvey: Thinkers, sinkers and buying a whitewater canoe

Thinkers are sinkers, that's what I always say. All right, well, I don't always say it, but I just did, and it's definitely true. Thinkers are sinkers, and you can trust me on that, because as a wise fourth grader once said, it takes one to know one. Thinkers are sinkers, and often they're ...

Barone: Systemic lying corrodes once-great institutions

The last six or seven months have been a couple of tough seasons for public policies based on lies. Two examples come to mind. One is the Disinformation industry, which has eroded the credibility of the public health establishment. The other is the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion industry, which ...

Charen: Trump’s $83.3 million temper tantrum

In the wake of the eye-popping $83.3 million verdict against Trump for defaming E. Jean Carroll, many commentators mocked Trump's bumbling lawyer, Alina Habba, and not without cause. The 39-year-old fashion model, er, attorney, who had never tried a defamation case before (and, in fact, was ...