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Marco Rubio: More than just the good cop

My first reaction to Secretary of State Marco Rubio's speech, delivered on Valentine's Day, at the Munich Security Conference, was, "Last year, President Donald Trump sent the bad cop, Vice President JD Vance. This year, he sent the good cop, Rubio. Progress." In February 2025, the audience at ...

The greatest sports story ever told

FROM KING FEATURES SYNDICATE, 300 W. 57th STREET, 15th FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10019 CUSTOMER SERVICE: (800) 708-7311 EXT. 236 THE RICH LOWRY COLUMN #12345_20260219 FOR RELEASE Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026 TITLE: The greatest sports story ever told BYLINE: By Rich Lowry ADVISORY: This column ...

Black History Month – Woodrow Wilson’s dubious distinction

No, stop it! President Donald Trump is not the most racist president since the beginning of the 20th Century. That dubious distinction goes to President Woodrow Wilson, hands down. What are the qualities of a racist? 1. Racists believe that God made some people (white people) better than ...

Remembering Jackson from other side of political divide

By CAL THOMAS Syndicated columnist President Trump called Rev. Jesse Jackson “a force of nature” and so he was. Jackson, who died Tuesday at 84, was the last great orator of the civil rights movement. He could bring an audience to cheers or to tears with the power of his personality. I ...

Forget watching you, Big Brother is making you watch him

By FROMA HARROP Syndicated columnist A poster depicting an enormous face gazed from the wall. The caption ran, “BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU.” So wrote George Orwell at the open of his dystopian novel “Nineteen Eighty-Four.” Big Brother’s image was everywhere, on printed material ...

Marco Rubio is only adult left in room

Finally free from the demands of being chief archivist of the United States, secretary of state, national security adviser and unofficial viceroy of Venezuela, Marco Rubio made his way to the Munich Security Conference last weekend to deliver a major address. I shouldn't make fun. Rubio, ...