Biden should be upset, because no one likes the prospect of losing a presidential race. More profoundly, a loss to Trump would instantly vaporize what was to be Biden’s most important legacy — stopping Trump and supposedly saving American democracy. On his terms, Biden can’t afford to go one-for-two in this endeavor.
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Clarence Page: This time Trump really does seem to be making Black voter inroads. Why?
What explains Trump’s appeal to Black men, in particular? One of the young men said, quite simply, “Money.” Trump has built a reputation of being “the money man,” the young voter said.
Cal Thomas: The smell of mendacity
No one seems to mind that mendacity, while always present in the political arena, appears to be increasing everywhere. If allowed to spread it will create a “smell like death” in our legal system.
Rich Lowry: Democratic leadership sends signal to left-wing base
Chuck Schumer’s speech calling on Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu to go, along with increasingly critical statements by the White House, shows that the Democrats have decided that appeasing their left-wing base in an election year is now their top consideration.
Froma Harrop: Are these Republicans mocking social conservatives?
The road to right-wing vulgarity was paved with hypocrisy.
Clarence Page: Immigration is on Americans’ minds. And politicians are seizing the opportunity
As much as immigration has led to suspicions, conflicts and misunderstandings, on balance it’s contributed to our country’s productivity and culture, and it’s made life better for families escaping harsh conditions in their homelands.
Froma Harrop: Iris Apfel was a peacock among the swans
The “geriatric starlet,” immortalized in Albert Maysles’ 2014 documentary “Iris,” was far more than a nonconformist, a spectacle many passersby might dismiss as a kooky old lady. She used her increasingly frail frame as a canvas for her art.
Cal Thomas: Red lines or victory?
This business about “red lines” seems to be limited in its application to Israel and its supposed “ally,” the United States. Each time Israel is attacked the U.S. initially supports the Jewish state, but if the conflict is prolonged, that support weakens as the media and other nations pressure Israel to stop short of victory, thus ensuring the inevitability of more wars.
Austin Bay: Communist China’s TikTok war to disintegrate America
Open borders. Deadly drugs. Activist Ivy League agitators with opaque funding. TikTok teenage propaganda.
Rich Lowry: No, undocumented immigrants didn’t build America
It’s true that illegal immigrants overwhelmingly work once they get here; it’s why they come in the first place, after all. But the idea that a fraction of all immigrants, whose numbers have only drastically increased in the past couple of decades, “built the country” is a ridiculous fabrication and a profound insult to American workers, past and present.