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NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE: Wisdom in the words left unpsoken

Americans often reflect on Robert Frost’s meditation on roads not taken. Today, we might reflect on speeches not ... Read more

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BYRON YORK: Has Biden’s presidency been transformed?

Russia’s war on Ukraine comes at a moment of political weakness for President Joe Biden. His job approval ... Read more

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Rich Lowry: Inflation is a dagger aimed at Joe Biden’s presidency

The experience of the last Democratic president who presided over a significant bout of inflation wasn’t a happy ... Read more

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NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE: Timeworn perspectives must be balanced with modern judgement

This is the tweet of the year. It’s not from a president. But it could be about a ... Read more

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NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE: Lady Bird laid bare

Lady Bird, we hardly knew ye. We knew Claudia Alta Taylor Johnson as the long-suffering wife of the ... Read more

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SID SALTER: Trump continues a long, unfortunate presidential tradition of self-deceptions, lies 

STARKVILLE — In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Polonius advises his son departing for his university schooling: “To thine own self ... Read more

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COKIE & STEVEN ROBERTS: We need a consoler-in-chief

  In times of trouble, the nation needs a consoler-in-chief: a leader who lifts our spirits, eases our ... Read more

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DANA MILBANK: Let’s talk about what really matters in 2020: Hillary Clinton’s emails

  WASHINGTON – President Trump was up early the day he formally kicked off his re-election campaign, contemplating the ... Read more

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GEORGE WILL: Only Democrats can save this president

Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral. He was my friend, faithful and just to me: But Brutus ... Read more

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RICH LOWRY: Get over it – Trump’s probably not going anywhere

  The walls supposedly are always closing in on Donald Trump. The end is always beginning. He’s going ... Read more