Commentary / World Nov 18, 2019
Three false claims muddying the impeachment debate
Each side is not only trying to spin the facts, but trying to spin itself as well.
Ramesh Ponnuru
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Commentary / World Jul 10, 2018
Kavanaugh resembles Roberts, but he's no clone
The U.S. Supreme Court chief justice has encountered some buyers' remorse, but that won't stop the confirmation of Trump's latest Supreme Court pick.
Commentary / World Aug 30, 2017
U.S. protectionism's destructive path
Tariffs subsidize narrow interests and for Americans as a whole the record is one of almost unrelieved failure.
Commentary / World Aug 21, 2017
Bury Confederacy for good
The meaning of public symbols is not a private matter
Commentary / World Jul 24, 2017
America's liberals want Republicans to not be Republicans
The U.S. left's criticism of GOP lawmakers for not breaking with Trump is hollow and self-serving.
Commentary / World Jul 23, 2017
There's no brain science to U.S. college free speech
Campus speakers aren't doing violence to undergraduate neurons.
Commentary / World Sep 27, 2016
Trump's strengths didn't help him this time
In Monday night's presidential debate, Donald Trump failed to convince doubters he's qualified to become president.
Commentary / World Jun 28, 2016
The EU, not Britain, has a democracy deficit
There is no European public to which the EU can be held accountable.
Commentary / Japan May 20, 2016
The case against apologizing for the A-bombs
U.S. President Barack Obama can't apologize for the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki because large numbers of Americans believe they were justified.
Commentary / World Apr 19, 2016
How Trump, Cruz or Kasich can win
The Republican nomination race has three stages left, and any of the remaining candidates could emerge the winner.