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Napolitano: Donald Trump and government by experts

I have often thought that after Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson was our worst president. By worst is meant least faithful to the Constitution and most destructive of personal liberty. With the exception of Lincoln's dictatorship — during which the federal government used violence to crush ...

De Rugy: Trump needs Congress to deliver on lower prices

If President Donald Trump was elected with a specific mandate, it was to lower prices. Poll after poll reveals that inflation is a top worry for Americans. So the administration should be worried that it's ticking back up. Further, the president — who seems to think he can solve all problems ...

Stossel: Dumb things Socialists promise

Socialism is popular! A Pew study reports that more than a third of American adults view it positively. How is this possible? Little has brought more misery — first in the Soviet Union, then in China, Cuba, Nicaragua, now Venezuela ... One reason young people support socialism is because ...

Stiehm: Musk acting fast as Trump’s Macbeth

"If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly." - William Shakespeare, "Macbeth" "Quickly" is the key word for Macbeth as he muses before the bloody murder of King Duncan of Scotland. He must do the deed with his dagger by night, while the court sleeps. Act now or not ...

Zito: Where was ’60 Minutes’ when Rust Belt jobs were cut?

CAMPBELL, Ohio — Sept. 19 marked 47 years since thousands of workers, who were mainly men, did what they did every Monday in the valley. They walked into the Campbell Works of Youngstown Sheet and Tube along the Mahoning River for the early shift. Within an hour of the workers' shift, ...