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Op-Eds
Austin Bay: Update on corrupt Iran’s 21st-century nuclear threat (Part II of VI)
Not all our nuclear adversaries — current and potential — understand Balance of Terror restraints.
Cal Thomas: Trump: Not a great man
His rhetoric, which has included denunciations of those who have served in the military (while he dodged the draft five times with a limp excuse about bone spurs) ought to disgust all but those who are in complete denial of the danger he would pose to the Constitution and the country should he be re-elected president.
Clarence Page: How do we reduce the number of out-of-wedlock births? Strengthen families
Remember how the nation’s official poverty rate fell to its lowest point on record during the pandemic? That’s over.
Bob Neal: The Countryman: It’s time, Mr. President
Please step aside while time remains. And thanks again.
Froma Harrop: Bring back locked mental facilities
About 20% of the homeless living on the streets of America suffer with severe mental illness, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. And with psychiatric hospitals no longer an automatic option, they fill the prisons.
Clarence Page: Kevin McCarthy is out. Now whose party is in disarray? It’s the GOP’s turn
I don’t blame the MAGA crowd for being embarrassed by their standard-bearer. But, Democrats can’t afford to get too comfortable about GOP misfortunes. Disarray seldom stays in just one party for long.
Bob Neal: The Countryman: Opportunity finds no home in Congress
On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives missed an opportunity. Big time. It was an opportunity for moderates in both parties to coalesce around what has become an alien notion in the House: Working together for the betterment of the country.
Cal Thomas: Honest talk on immigration
With pictures showing — and border patrol agents confirming — that tens of thousands of migrants are crossing into the U.S. every day without authorization, it is a lie to say the border is secure.
A glimmer of hope in a dysfunctional housing market
I speculated early last month that the resale inventory picture could turn in the fall. The data that has come in since then give me more confidence in that hunch.