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Clarity from Canada Editor: Very often, people in this country do not see clearly that which is so obvious to non-Americans. The following offers two quotes from a famous modern author from Canada. The author eloquently and succinctly states the obvious: "The unthinkable is made real not through rational thought, but feelings. We'll follow a charismatic leader if they tell us that we have a legitimate grievance. That they will give us back our dignity. Our threatened way of life. If we follow them, our enemies will be vanquished and we will be heroes (patriots). Who doesn't ...

Robert B. Reich

Columns

Several of you responded to my "Sunday thought" by saying that the first step out of the mess we're in is to get rid of the Supreme Court's bonkers Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision of 2010, which held that corporations are people — entitled to the same First Amendment ...

Froma Harrop

Columns

There's no mystery why Zohran Mamdani wanted to get along with Donald Trump. The president threatened New York City with funding cuts, deployment of federal forces and other unpleasantries if its voters elected the self-described democratic socialist as mayor. But why after calling Mamdani all ...

Erick Erickson

Columns

Over the past two weeks, as the national press and Democrats have cared deeply about Jeffrey Epstein and political buzz has amplified Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene's lurch leftward, the more Americans are offline. And the more they spend away from the constant Sturm und Drang of ...

Georgia Garvey

Columns

I'll start by making a few things clear: I love my father, I love cooking and I love Thanksgiving. And now that the throat-clearing is done, I can move on to the complaining. Because of all dishes in all the holidays on the calendar, there's nothing like the Thanksgiving turkey for getting ...

Michael Barone

Columns

Whence cometh the conviction, in America and even more in Britain and Europe, that open borders is the only moral immigration policy? Of course, not everyone believes that, and many who do stop short of saying so. But the contrast between the rhetoric and policies of the first two decades of ...