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A new addiction!

I am addicted! To my phone. I check an email and before I realize it, I'm watching TikTok videos: lions fight hyenas, military dads reunite with kids, athletes do amazing things ... I look up, and an hour has passed. I've wasted time, ignored my family and friends, and accomplished ...

Did Trump get rolled in Alaska?

Promising severe consequences if Russian President Vladimir Putin didn't agree to a ceasefire with Ukraine and then apparently reversing himself is what sends a signal of weakness, not only to Putin, but to the world. On Saturday, Trump posted this on Truth Social: "It was determined by all ...

Let’s fight crime, not each other

When your only tool is a hammer, psychiatrist Abraham Maslow famously observed, all problems begin to look like nails. That nugget of wisdom comes to mind as President Trump implements his federal takeover of the District of Columbia's police force and the deployment of 800 National Guard, a ...

Trump quickly made himself a historic president

By RICH LOWRY If you had to sum up President Trump’s second term so far in one word, you could do worse than “epic.” Trump may be on the path to the most consequential presidency since Ronald Reagan’s. We don’t know how it will end — an unforeseen crisis could upend everything ...

Time to designate Muslim Brotherhood as terrorists

By JOSH HAMMER Last Tuesday, New York City radio host Sid Rosenberg asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio about whether the State Department intends to designate the Muslim Brotherhood and Council on American-Islamic Relations as terrorist organizations. Rubio responded that “all of that ...

America is wild — get out there and enjoy it

By BONNIE JEAN FELDKAMP When I was a kid, my family often drove from northern Kentucky to Clearwater, Florida, where my grandmother had retired. We loaded down our van with camping gear and snorkels. Along the way, we camped in the Smokey Mountains, canoed with alligators in the Okefenokee ...