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May 23, 2026
Has Trump Gone Full ‘Mob Boss’?
The president’s $1.8 billion slush fund is causing further cracks in the Republican Party.
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May 21, 2026
Trump Is Giving ‘The Fix Was In’ New Meaning
Trump is giving “the fix was in” new meaning.
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May 17, 2026
We Need More ‘Rabid Partisans’ Like Shane Massey
Defeating a sclerotic rump of a party is no achievement. Instead, one-party rule enables corruption. It fosters stagnation.
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May 14, 2026
I Don’t Think You Can Even Call This Hypocrisy
The secrets of one of the architects of the religious right are being revealed. One of the secrets is that they weren’t really secrets.
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May 10, 2026
The Platner Trap
The exact wrong answer to a Republican Party that’s flirting with fascism is a man who chose to put vile Nazi imagery on his own body.
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May 9, 2026
High Gas Prices Are Just the Beginning
How the economic shock waves of Trump’s Iran war will be felt globally.
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May 7, 2026
True Believers Blow Trump’s Mind
Our most transactional president is having trouble processing.
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May 6, 2026
‘Not a Perfect Union’: Neil Gorsuch on America at 250
David French and the Supreme Court justice discuss how the ideals of 1776 shaped — and strain — the country today.
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April 30, 2026
There’s a 900-Year-Old Answer to Our Most Modern Problem
What should we do when a chatbot behaves like a criminal?
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April 26, 2026
Ukraine Has Picked Up the Torch America Dropped
The world is looking to Volodymyr Zelensky for leadership.
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April 23, 2026
There Is Much More to Pope vs. President Than Meets the Eye
What fighting an unjust war really means.
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April 19, 2026
The Divine Right of Presidents Is a Dangerous Idea
It didn’t work out too well for kings, either.
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April 18, 2026
From Hungary to the Pope, the Right’s Very Bad Week
What recent events in Europe can tell us about the future of Trumpism.
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April 16, 2026
We Are Gambling Away Our Future
America’s view of liberty is upside down.
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April 5, 2026
A Smoldering Wick in the Darkness
The light that changed my life.
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April 4, 2026
All the President’s Wars — at Home and Abroad
From Tehran to the Supreme Court, a look at Trump’s relentless battles.
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April 3, 2026
Is It Legal to Bully the Supreme Court?
It may be a new world, but “it’s the same Constitution.”
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March 29, 2026
Don’t Cheer Too Hard for the Facebook Verdicts
Courts aren’t always the right answer to our digital problems.
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March 26, 2026
How Can America Be So Miserable When It’s So Rich?
The just resentments of a shrinking middle class.
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March 23, 2026
‘Everything After This Will Be Harder’: Gen. Stanley McChrystal on Iran
David French talks with the retired general about the “great seduction” America fell for in Iran.
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March 21, 2026
Trump’s Recklessness Will ‘Haunt Us for a Generation’
Three Opinion writers on Iran, the SAVE America Act and the president’s folly.
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March 19, 2026
Can Military Excellence Save Us From Trump’s Incompetence?
It should never have come to this.
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March 15, 2026
The Omnipresence of Donald Trump Should Open Our Eyes
The omnipresence of Trump should open our eyes.
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March 8, 2026
James Talarico Is a Christian X-Ray
The Democratic senate candidate in Texas is teaching us about what faith really means.
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March 7, 2026
One President’s Whim. A World in Crisis.
A week into Trump’s war in Iran, his strategy is still a mystery.
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March 1, 2026
War and Peace Cannot Be Left to One Man — Especially Not This Man
The Constitution isn’t a technicality.
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February 28, 2026
Regime Change in Iran? 4 Opinion Writers on Khamenei Strike.
How should Americans feel about the potential for regime change? What happens now?
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February 26, 2026
‘Time Is Not on Russia’s Side’: A Q & A With Michael Kofman
If the battle for Ukraine Is not World War I or World War III, what is it?
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