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The next four weeks, culminating in the Democratic National Convention, are crucial for Kamala Harris...

Globalization’s been getting a bad rap. J. Vance as his running mate. At one time, globalism meant expanding markets, greater exports, and a rise in worldwide living standards. Ross Perot used to talk about during the NAFTA debate....

Making Sense by Michael Reagan We had two big speeches from Washington on Wednesday. Bibi Netanyahu gave a great speech in the House of Representatives, defending Israel's war in Gaza and trying to rally support from U. politicians – i...

If Kamala Harris manages to become the 47th U. president it will be despite Joe Biden, not because of him. His record of accomplishments as president is robust...

Modern man is nothing. At least, that’s what my friend Carrie says. And real friends wouldn’t go mushroom hunting and force me to come along. She said it was a way to commune with nature. I don’t have anything against buying mushrooms...

Tyrades! �� John Travolta’s mechanical-bull-riding adventures in the 1980 film “Urban Cowboy. The 2005 Country Music Association Awards show held in Madison Square Garden rather than Nashville...

After all the speculation about whom he would choose, Donald Trump selected JD Vance, the junior senator of Ohio, as his running mate in the presidential race...

The presidential race has just received an historic reboot, thanks to Joe Biden’s selfless decision to stand down in the national interest. For starters, the baggage of the Biden age issue has been magically swept away...

What a bunch of BS. It’s spouted by politicians and pitched by product spokesmen. Thanks to cable “news” channels and social-media platforms, there are numerous opportunities for people to BS us about all kinds of things...

One of the most famous phrases in history is one that my high school Latin teacher Sister Mary David intoned with deep solemnity as we were studying Caesar: Et tu, Brute?..

It's hard to keep up with the current news cycle, with the failed assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump being pushed out of the news by Joe Biden's decision to drop out of the race...

Making Sense By Michael Reagan “This isn't my father's Secret Service. Little did I know...

I’m in a musical mood. (Easy access to AR-15s is an all-American staple, thanks to MAGA Republicans. The state of play basically remains the same: 1...

My roommate and I are at war. There’s a speed-bump-sized lump of dust beneath our rug. The dishes she left in the sink are supporting their own ecosystems. But I believe in giving everyone a second chance, and also in taking revenge personally...

Tyrades! It all started with an incident in Mrs. Classmate Tracy Holder was unconsciously performing multiple animated hand gestures as he delivered an emphatic observation. (That was not my finest hour...

This summer, my wife and I took a vacation with our three semi-grown daughters to one of the most expensive places in America. We toured several beautiful and fascinating cities in New England...

The political world was shaken over the weekend by the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. Quickly rising to his feet amid a phalanx of U...

I grew up in Bethel Park, the middle-class suburb south of Pittsburgh where 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks lived with his parents...

Every day for the last ten years, I’ve given daily thanks that I grew up when I did, in Los Angeles County of the 1950s, at that time one of the nation’s leading agricultural producers...

It is an old childhood truism that “sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me. We want strong, full-throated debates, and we don’t want to punish people for using language that offends...

We're only now beginning to get cartoons about Donald Trump being shot at a political rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, but last week there were plenty of cartoons highlighting the divisive nature of our country and the corrosive nature of our polit..

Making Sense By Michael Reagan Being far away from home in Iceland and Britain for the last two weeks was perfect timing. As I often have had the pleasure of doing, I traveled with my travel-agent wife Colleen and a bunch of her clients...

We in the press are rightly questioning President Joe Biden’s fitness for a second term. Unfortunately, by focusing so fervently on Joe’s mounting woes, we’ve taken our eye off the ball. Can’t we cover both fellows at the same time?..

Tyrades! To fulfill our obligations as world citizens, instead of just blundering into nearly three weeks of pageantry and athleticism, we should apply critical thinking to the whole phenomenon...

“If you could master any language in the world, what would it be? �� It’s a classic programming joke. Humor, I’m told, doesn’t flourish in tech. And, some would argue, neither can engineers...

Last week, Professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat , author of "Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present," commented that “one of the most alarming things” about “Project 2025” is the blatant admission that Donald Trump did not accomplish everything he intended..

The most critical nexus in the free market is the transactions that occur when willing sellers and interested buyers meet. Sometimes there are exceptions...

As our country goes to pot, I find myself more focused on personal matters, such as this hopeful item I read on MSN. That’s good news for fellows like me, whose hair has been slowly receding for years...

As I’ve done for every Fourth of July since the 1976 bicentennial, I settled down last week to watch my favorite patriotic movie: “1776...

Will Joe Biden drop out of the race? Our most reprinted cartoon this week comes from Dave Granlund, who points out Biden isn't the only candidate with an age problem...