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October 15, 2026
Russia Was Losing. Enter President Trump.
The commander in chief is Putin’s ace in the hole.
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October 11, 2026
Four Hours and Three Minutes at Cornell
On the most traumatic night in a young woman’s life, a good man could not be found.
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October 8, 2026
The Supreme Court Is Playing With Fire
Third-country deportations are only the half of it.
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October 7, 2026
The Problem With Hegseth’s Pentagon
A Special Forces veteran joins the columnist David French to assess Pete Hegseth’s leadership.
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October 4, 2026
The ‘God Gap’ Is Narrowing in Texas
It may not be enough for James Talarico to win. But might it also be a sign of a change to come?
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October 3, 2026
Opinion: What the Cornell Lawsuit Reveals About Sexual Violence in America
The columnist David French argues that “we have privileged getting wasted over taking care of people.”
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September 24, 2026
What Hegseth Is Hiding
Soldiers want to tell their stories, and we need to hear them.
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September 20, 2026
JD Vance Has a Twisted Idea of What It Means to Be American
I am a “heritage American,” too. How should that guide my life?
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September 19, 2026
Trump’s Political Instincts ‘Are Clearly Fading’
Three Opinion writers discuss the developing A.I. story and whether Trump is losing touch with reality.
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September 17, 2026
Watching Bigots Erupt
This is what I see when I look at the picture Bo French hates.
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September 13, 2026
The Fix Was Almost In
The midterms dodge their first MAGA bullet. It won’t be the last.
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September 6, 2026
Pete Hegseth Is a Wrecking Ball
We are already paying a high price for the defense secretary’s purges and whims.
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September 3, 2026
Who’s the Snowflake Now?
Marco Rubio is taking the wrong approach to free speech.
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August 30, 2026
What Dolly Did for Tennessee Is What She Did for the World
This is what she did for the written word. And medicine. And …
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August 27, 2026
There Is a Sickness Worse Than Wokeness
The anti-woke movement’s “cure” was more intolerance and more repression.
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August 23, 2026
Go Ahead, Sean Duffy. Let Your Daughter Go to Harvard.
Four years at Harvard won’t corrupt your children.
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August 22, 2026
The Right Is Rethinking MAGA. The Left Is Rethinking ‘Woke.’
As primary results trickle in, both parties are wrestling with what they stand for — and where they’re headed.
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August 20, 2026
JD Vance Thinks You Are Not Christian Enough
According to the vice president, we are wasting our freedom.
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August 2, 2026
World War Two-and-a-Half Is Breaking Out
Whatever is happening in Iran, it isn’t working.
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July 30, 2026
Gen Z Thinks Religion Got Too Political
Does Gen Z feel welcome at church?
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July 26, 2026
Why Odysseus Turned on the Trojan Horse
This “Odyssey” takes us somewhere we didn’t know we were going.
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July 25, 2026
The New Tactic Trump Thinks Will Rally Voters
Three Opinion writers discuss whether the president’s Red Scare strategy will work.
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July 23, 2026
How Trump and His Allies Can Corrupt the Midterms
Stop the steal before it starts.
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