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Columns

American people being morally blackmailed

By JOSH HAMMER Syndicated columnist In Springfield, Illinois, in 1838, a young Abraham Lincoln delivered a powerful speech decrying the “ravages of mob law” throughout the land. Lincoln warned, in eerily prescient fashion, that the spread of a then-ascendant “mobocratic spirit” ...

When it comes to war, Trump parties like it’s 1954

By KEITH RAFFEL Syndicated columnist The Trump-ordered attack on Venezuela and capture of its president is meant not only to be a distraction from the mounting Epstein scandal. It’s also a power play consistent with the American president’s backward-looking economic and geopolitical view ...

Only less government will bring about less fraud

By VERONIQUE de RUGY Syndicated columnist Growing national outrage over Minnesota’s welfare fraud is justified, but not because of where it took place or because it implicates members of any immigrant community. It’s much more than a “Minnesota” story. The outrage is justified ...

History is watching, so what are you doing right now?

By BONNIE JEAN FELDKAMP Syndicated columnist Louisville Urban League President Lyndon Pryor said something at the organization’s annual Impact Luncheon last month that has been stuck on replay in my head ever since. I’m paraphrasing here, but he told the crowd, “If you’re wondering ...

A tall task lies ahead in Venezuela

By ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS Syndicated columnist Dictator and narco-terrorist Nicolas Maduro was captured by U.S. forces in a thrilling nighttime raid on his palace in Caracas, Venezuela, in an operation codenamed Operation Absolute Resolve. The mission involved over 150 aircraft launched from ...

Wouldn’t it be fun to watch Congress squirm?

By CAL THOMAS Syndicated columnist Gov. Tim Walz, a Minnesota Democrat who might have become vice president had Kamala Harris won the November election, has announced he will not be seeking a third term. The alleged fraud involving day-care centers and allegations that federal aid went to ...