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G.I. Bill did much for nation

Success breeds failure. Policies and practices well suited to society at one juncture in history are often poorly suited to the world they have beneficially transformed. If you carry a good thing too far, it can turn out not to be a good thing anymore. Case in point, one of the most successful ...

The threat of an overproduced elite

For generations, foreign policy eggheads debated the question, "Who lost China?" I'm wondering if election analysts might soon ask, "Who lost the Latinos?" Almost exactly one year ago, President Trump won an impressive election victory. It wasn't the landslide his boosters claim, but it was ...

The shutdown was pointless and dumb

Our long national nightmare is over, but the Democratic psychodrama isn't. The longest shutdown in U.S. history — with increasing pain points across the country, especially among travelers — is ending, while the Democratic recriminations are just getting started. "It's complete BS," ...

The biased broadcasting corporation

Two friends email from London about the editing scandal that led to the resignation of two top officials from the British Broadcasting Corporation. The resignations followed exposure of the splicing together of two parts of a speech by President Donald Trump on Jan. 6, 2021.The edits made it ...

Dems won victory in defeat

In 1940, Winston Churchill ordered the evacuation of 338,000 troops facing annihilation on the beaches of Dunkirk. Churchill called the successful operation "a miracle of deliverance." Historians portray it as a perfect example of victory in defeat. Democrats raging at eight members of their ...

Musk and Mamdani: The end of harsh capitalism?

Last week, two things happened that may shed some light on where American capitalism is heading. First, Tesla's board caved in to Elon Musk's demand that he get a pay package of $1 trillion (if he meets various goals). Musk's trillion-dollar pay package is so grotesque as to make a mockery ...