President Biden has a long history of using race as a political weapon while doing little to improve the lives of Black Americans.
Op-Eds
Elliott Epstein: Israel has no choice but to fight this way
Israeli Jews, despite having built a powerful military establishment, still have much to fear, little room to run and nowhere to hide. Nor can they expect any quarter from their enemies if they succumb.
Bob Neal: The Countryman: An unlikely matched set of real heroes
It’s hard to think of any American who stands taller than Dr. King. Warts and all. And of former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, who sacrificed a career to do the right thing. Warts and all.
Froma Harrop: The democracy hangs on an orderly border
Immigration is good for the country as long as it is orderly. And defeating Trumpism is essential for the country. Can we count on Biden’s excellent political instincts to do what he must to win in November?
Rich Lowry: The AWOL defense secretary
We’ve conducted a real-time experiment regarding Biden foreign policy. With a war on in Gaza and Iranian proxies attacking U.S. interests throughout the Middle East, the secretary of defense disappeared, and it didn’t matter.
Cal Thomas: The evil of two lessers
Donald Trump continues demeaning and defaming anyone who disagrees with him. He repeats unproven claims that the 2020 election was “stolen.” A myriad of other inaccurate statements has apparently had a negative influence on President Biden, who has joined him in the mud pit.
Rich Lowry: Why Republicans have the upper hand on the border
Negotiations between the White House and congressional Republicans over a package of immigration provisions and new funding for Ukraine have put the border at the center of the political discussion, and the White House is faring poorly.
Rep. Bill Bridgeo: Proposed Pickett Mountain mine is too risky for Maine
The Maine Land Use Planning Commission must reject Wolfden Resources’ application to rezone its land near Pickett Mountain in the Katahdin region for zinc mining.
Austin Bay: Six strategic challenges for 2024
Here’s 2024’s strategic challenges column — challenges to our so-called international strategic order, meaning threats to human life and economic well-being on a continent-regional or global scale.
Froma Harrop: Gutsy Democrats start turning on the far left
The Democratic mainstream should stop trying to placate the children and replace them with centrist independents and Republicans done with the Trump show. Happily, that may have started already.