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Tim Graham

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Conservatives could look at today's incredibly fractured media environment and wonder why anyone would need to worry about the elite media, considering their trust numbers are in the basement (except among liberals) and their audiences keep eroding. But just breathe the media air any day, and what we used to call the "dominant media" still dominates in setting the political agenda — in determining what everyone talks about. There was an old maxim that the media can't tell you what to think, but they'll tell you what to think about. This again came to mind when MS NOW host Nicolle ...

Mona Charen

Columns

Does it sometimes seem as though too many people have never learned the lessons of the schoolyard? If you capitulate to a bully, you will be bullied forever. If you stand up to him, he will back down. What's true on the playground is also true in the office, in politics and in international ...

Judge Andrew P. Napolitano

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Last week, a half-dozen masked and unidentifiable Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents killed a 37-year-old federal employee, a nurse, by spraying pepper spray into his eyes, pushing him to the ground, stealing his lawfully owned and carried handgun, and then shooting him nine times in ...

Cal Thomas

Columns

Ancient proverbs can be helpful in adjusting our language and behavior in ways that can benefit every generation. They have become ancient because they work. One example: "A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger " (Proverbs 15:1). It means calm, patient and kind words ...

Letter to the editor

Letters to the Editor

Reform Needed Editor:: Alex Pretti, a 37 year old, U.S. citizen living in an open carry state, was shot 10 times and killed a by a Border Patrol agent or agents after being disarmed. Kristi Noem, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security offered a chilling defense of the agents’ action, claiming that it was acting in accordance with their training. A federal judge appointed by Ronald Reagan has found it necessary to issue an order forbidding the federal government from altering or destroying evidence related to Pretti’s death. Attorney General Pam Bondi has offered ...

The Raffel Ticket: Keith Raffel

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Over the past month, two governments faced widespread protests. One responded with mass killings. The other, under popular pressure, appears to be backing down. On Dec. 28, a collapse in the value of Iranian currency sparked demonstrations among shopkeepers in Tehran which then spread across ...