Elon Musk is about to pollute the country’s discourse, and there’s nothing anyone can do to stop him. This is the alarm going up about the eccentric billionaire’s on-again, off-again, on-again-if-it-looks-like-a-Delaware-court-is-going-to-insist-on-it acquisition of Twitter.
Op-Eds
Froma Harrop: Abortion bans actually deter women from having babies
Threats. Hounding by creeps seeking $10,000 bounties. Physical and mental agony because doctors are afraid to act. Such are the risks of getting pregnant in the state of Texas. Small wonder if fewer women even try.
Cal Thomas: Hurricane Kamala
Why Kamala, you ask? Because, like a hurricane, Vice President Kamala Harris is sometimes difficult to track, her direction is often unpredictable and the damage she causes can be substantial.
Austin Bay: Did Biden’s Afghanistan disaster undermine the Indo-Pacific Quad?
The Biden administration’s Afghanistan debacle horrified India. India made a major diplomatic, economic and political commitment to stabilizing Afghanistan. When Biden ran away and America suffered a defeat, India also suffered a defeat.
Rev. Richard Killmer: The 1908 Springfield Race Riots and the National Park Service
Remembering events like the 1908 Springfield Race Riots can bring healing. Ignoring such historical events neglects the pain of the victims and can lead to the danger of doing such acts again. The United States designates national monuments in places like Springfield in order to remember the full history, so that, as a nation, we can heal.
Froma Harrop: There is no polio emergency. Stop saying there is
Where is the polio health emergency? Saying it exists ignores the broad public compliance with vaccine mandates and the easy availability of the shots. It creates unwarranted fears. And by making it everybody’s problem, it downplays the importance of responsible behavior — that is, getting vaccinated. Polio is now largely a self-inflicted disease.
Rich Lowry: Hispanics weren’t what progressives thought
One of the most significant events in American politics is that Hispanics are, in effect, deciding that they are working-class voters rather than ethnic-grievance voters.
Rich Lowry: Joe Biden is becoming a quasi-lame duck
The reality is that he is persistently unpopular and an enormous drag on his party, with little obvious upside potential before he may have to declare that he’s not running again a year or so from now.
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Ron DeSantis, a secessionist of convenience
He scorned federal aid until he needed federal aid. With his own state largely underwater, this most political of creatures suddenly discovers a need to “put politics aside.”
Cal Thomas: Free speech vs. banning Jews
Especially with America’s history during World War II, when the Roosevelt administration limited the number of Jews desperately fleeing Nazi Germany to enter this country, Berkeley and other students should be more welcoming to Jews, protect their free speech, and not silence them.