Donald Trump’s conviction might be overturned, but the stain on our legal system is likely to remain for some time.
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Letter from the CEO: Announcing the Maine Trust for Local News Community Board
We have recruited a diverse and dedicated group of Mainers to serve as the board’s inaugural members.
Rich Lowry: The secretary of transportation who couldn’t
There is, no doubt, a niche market for electric cars that will grow over time. Rather than letting this happen organically and in keeping with consumer preferences and sensible business choices by car manufacturers, the mandarins of the Biden administration are trying to force a transformation that drivers aren’t ready for and the infrastructure doesn’t yet exist to support.
Listen to Jason Kelce on homemakers, not Harrison Butker
Homemaking isn’t a role that women are born for. It’s a process that a family builds together.
Elliott Epstein: Legitimate protests should not be quelled, however unwelcome their message
But when protestors, regardless of the justice of their cause, injure, threaten, harass, or infringe the rights of others, they exceed the ‘limits’ of ‘liberty’ and should lose their ‘freedom to do everything.’
Rich Lowry: Something is going on, especially with Hispanic voters
This year they could prove too politically independent-minded.
Austin Bay: Poland’s Eastern Shield: Maginot? Or not? Part 1
The Eastern Shield tells us Poland sees itself as the next Ukraine — or Europe’s Taiwan.
Froma Harrop: Masks off, everybody — almost everybody
Campus life would be a lot more peaceful if these schools required demonstrators to show their mugs. That would not only put a brake on destructive behavior. It would also help the schools bar outsiders intent on using their well-groomed greens for partying or grifting — that is, collecting money for alleged causes and then pocketing it.
Clarence Page: The credibility crisis at the Supreme Court hits a fever pitch
As if suspicions, partisan and otherwise, have not dealt enough blows to our criminal justice system in recent years, along comes Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s flag flap.
Cal Thomas: What the ‘New Nixon’ could teach Donald Trump
Can Trump transform himself into a “new Trump” and mean it, or just fake it? Either way, he could upset the political dynamic and expectations between now, the debates and the election.