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The Democrats’ ‘gerrymandering ban’ was no such thing

The Democrats’ ‘gerrymandering ban’ was no such thing

As Democrats support a deceptively worded ballot measure to create a rank partisan gerrymander in Virginia, they nevertheless claim the moral high...

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Too many children!

Too many children!

The Power of Rude was the title of Rebecca Reid’s nonfiction book, so it shouldn’t have surprised anyone that the liberal novelist attacked a mom...

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Murder in a sanctuary county

Murder in a sanctuary county

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Virginia — This murder is on Steve Descano. There can be no doubt that Stephanie Minter is dead because of the indefensible actions...

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No, the War Powers Resolution doesn’t give the president 60 days of free war

No, the War Powers Resolution doesn’t give the president 60 days of free war

The Constitution clearly grants Congress, not the president, the power to declare war. Thus, most defenders of President Donald Trump’s unauthorized...

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Where religion exits, extremism enters

Where religion exits, extremism enters

America has become much more secular. White evangelicals are increasingly de-institutionalized.  This is a bad development, which helps explain the...

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‘No controlling legal authority’ goes to war

‘No controlling legal authority’ goes to war

When former Vice President Al Gore solicited campaign contributions in the White House, in violation of the federal law banning him from raising...

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A woman’s work is never done

The old story came back with a vengeance in recent months. Headlines everywhere declared a “she-cession.” “Women are being forced out of their...

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In Trump’s GOP, the sexual revolution has won

There’s good news for Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, even this week, as the Office of the Inspector General investigation into an alleged...

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State of the Union lowlights: Biden yells, media clap

Going into his 2024 State of the Union Address, President Joe Biden was facing what the press called a coordinated Republican effort to paint him as...

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State of the Union lowlights: Biden yells, media clap

Going into his 2024 State of the Union Address, President Joe Biden was facing what the press called a coordinated Republican effort to paint him as...

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State of the Union lowlights: ‘Axis of Evil’

The State of the Union has been the occasion for many very bad ideas. I’ve been watching them for decades, and today, ahead of Trump’s address, I...

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State of the Union lowlights: ‘We have excluded lobbyists’

Barack Obama was elected president, promising to take on corporate lobbyists. Because much of the news media took Obama’s word for it, he kept...

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Trump plays a dangerous game on judges

Beginning in the Obama era, liberals in politics and the news media began an insidious campaign of threatening the Supreme Court if it didn’t rule...

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That sink-in feeling

A human computer programmer recently angered an AI programming bot, and so the bot wrote a hit piece about the programmer. This being 2026, the hit...

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What the postliberals get right — and wrong

Secretary of State Marco Rubio travelled to Munich this month and articulated a possible foundation for a deeper trans-Atlantic friendship. Rubio...

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Jesse Jackson was not controversial, or liberal, according to the obits

Preacher and long-shot presidential candidate Pat Robertson was a “conservative … culture warrior,” his obituaries told us. Read NBC News at the...

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Bad Bunny is bad

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Peak American

30.01.2026 5

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Party of six

23.01.2026 5

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Philly spreads into the Cumberland Valley

23.01.2026 6

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A year of cronyism and self-enrichment for Trump

22.01.2026 7

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Trump’s sordid pardon economy

16.01.2026 6

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Illegal pickup

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Capturing Maduro was the extraordinarily challenging but easier part

03.01.2026 5

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This wasn’t an arrest in Venezuela. This was an unauthorized regime-change war

03.01.2026 6

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CNN’s Kasie Hunt calls to ‘impeach’ Trump and Bondi: Liberal Media Scream

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Deadbeat Newsom passes loan cost off to California businesses

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Sorry, America, but sunrise will keep getting later for two weeks

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Trump Vows to Make Union Station Great Again

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The holy war over birth control

21.12.2025 10

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COVID-19 closure consequences

12.12.2025 7

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We’re getting fewer births, not just later births

10.12.2025 5

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Time’s 2025 Person of the Year should be an obvious choice: Charlie Kirk

10.12.2025 10

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The Supreme Court must rein in climate litigation

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We’re getting fewer births, not just later births

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Trump’s job is to stay focused on the economy

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Shrink the College Football Playoff, and change the number of teams each year

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Trump must extend defense of religious freedom beyond Nigeria

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Connie Chung bares fangs at husband over Bari Weiss CBS changes

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Europe escalates its war on free speech

09.12.2025 5

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Hungary’s little baby bust

09.12.2025 3

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Praise Jesus, be fond of Jews

05.12.2025 6

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Do voters care about a ‘president of peace’?

04.12.2025 7

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California can’t keep track of its useless bureaucracies

04.12.2025 4

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Tennessee special election brings bad news for both parties

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Tennessee is a warning for the GOP

04.12.2025 5

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Karine Jean-Pierre was no Jackie Robinson

04.12.2025 6

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Ukraine’s fate and America’s interests

28.11.2025 3

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Peace at what price? Three guidelines for a deal in Ukraine

25.11.2025 7

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Exhausted Ukraine may be ready for peace

22.11.2025 5

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