While the public struggles with an oppressive sense of impending economic and political breakdown, three quarters of Americans believe their country is headed in the wrong direction. To make matters even worse, a newly released Gallup Poll...
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Nearly two and a half years ago, in the midst of the 2020 campaign, I wrote a column for USA Today that accurately predicted Trump’s fate in the election and his determination to run again in 2024. When you read this, consider how...
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What makes our present politics so nasty, negative and intensely personal? Conventional wisdom blames ideological polarization, and the vast gap between left and right, for the bitter nature of the attacks and counter-attacks on all sides....
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The present passion surrounding the abortion issue has produced political panic and apocalyptic rhetoric on both sides. For instance, pro-life firebrand Jeanine Pirro used a May 3rd segment of The Five on Fox News, to decry the unspeakable...
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In response to the horrible story of the Uvalde school shooting, both Democrats and Republicans make some valid points. Democrats express a normal, inevitable human instinct to try to cope with the fear and suffering that such incidents...
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George Will provides the most important perspectives on the current “abortion crisis”. Is it really a crisis, or an indication that Americans may achieve something like consensus now that the issue has moved from the judicial...
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As Republicans march forward through a series of ferociously competitive primary battles, a single polarizing issue separates the party’s two warring factions. The GOP, which enjoys remarkably broad, consistently conservative consensus...
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The mounting hysteria over a purported plague of “book banning” stems in part from the common confusion between government sponsorship and government censorship. A refusal to use public resources to promote and distribute a...
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Washington State Outlaws ‘Marijuana’—the Word, Not the Weed. Opposition to marijuana, such as it is, typically focuses on the impact of weed. The Washington legislature, however, is more concerned with the...
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Most Americans think of the Jewish Passover holiday as a “Feast of Freedom.” But a deeper understanding of the festival, which concludes its eight days of celebration Saturday night, acknowledges a simultaneous emphasis on law and...
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BY DIANE MEDVED — In most religiously observant Jewish homes this time of year, the mood is frantic. At the deadline–this year on Friday morning, before the Passover holiday starts near sundown–leavened food products become...
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Despite recent polling that shows sharp declines in his national favorability ratings, Donald Trump remains the preferred presidential pick of many, if not most, self-identified Republicans. This durable popularity doesn’t stem from the...
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