Let’s coin a new acronym that perfectly describes the line that is supposed to separate the U.S. from Mexico. Call it a BINO – border in name only – for that is what it is.
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Rich Lowry: The Secret Service is a national embarrassment
If this is what the Secret Service has become, it’s a wonder that something worse than Butler, Pennsylvania, hasn’t already happened.
Your olive oil might be unfit for human consumption
Data released to the Guardian under Freedom of Information laws shows that the European Union saw a record number of potential olive oil fraud cases at the start of the year as prices peaked.
Cal Thomas: Virtue vs. utility
John Adams remarked that “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people.” What happens when a majority appear no longer moral and religious? We get these two presidential candidates.
Austin Bay: Discrete mass offensive warfare: Israel’s Grim Beeper attack
The Grim Beeper attack was very discrete — the intimate targeting of terrorist commanders and tactical leaders. But it was also a near-simultaneous mass attack striking targets over a wide area in Lebanon and Syria.
Rich Lowry: Israel’s righteous war on Hezbollah
The assumption is that Israel’s role is to duck and cover and take whatever punishment its remorseless enemies dole out, lest things “escalate.”
Froma Harrop: Liz Cheney walks the walk for democracy
Liz Cheney is right. Conservatives must help flatten the insanity that MAGA has imposed on the nation. They can then start again with a new party. Maybe I’ll join.
Froma Harrop: Want cheap energy? Vote for Harris
The Biden administration has been overseeing massive investment in wind, solar, electrical vehicles and energy storage. These subsidies cost money, but so do most initial investments. As Europe has shown, these outlays can eventually produce handsome returns for the economy.
Cal Thomas: Kamala Harris owes us some answers
Come on, Kamala, and hold a news conference. If you are incapable of doing them, the public has a right and a need to know now.
Clarence Page: Looking for truth when lies become too easy to embrace
My fellow former Middletonian Sen. JD Vance urged Democrats to tone down their rhetoric. He should do something similar with his own. So should the former president.