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This week, liberal Democrats, led by Jerry Nadler, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts unveiled their proposal to increase the size of the Supreme Court by four justices. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected it out of hand. “I have no plans to bring it to the floor,” Pelosi said […]

The courage of President Biden’s decision to bring our troops home from Afghanistan should not be underestimated. But neither should that withdrawal be mistaken for the end of the “forever war” that the United States and its NATO allies have endured there for so long. We will leave, but the Afghans aren’t going anywhere – […]

Kristine Hostetter is a fourth-grade teacher in San Clemente, CA. Her husband has been a big promoter of the QAnon conspiracy theory, and she appears to be supporting his lunatic efforts. As the story is being told, liberal parents and students temporarily forced Hostetter’s removal from the classroom. In response, local conservatives have accused them […]

The Reopening of America – or even of one town or state – is hardly a seamless operation. The stages make less and less sense. Everything is open, even if everything isn’t really supposed to be open for more than a month. Restaurants and shops, big stores and small, salons and barber shops – almost […]

For anyone not paying close attention to the furor over Georgia’s election laws, Republican leaders are offering benign sound bites that are almost believable. Gov. Brian Kemp will explain how the new law provides additional days for early voting, provisions to prevent long waiting lines and extra ballot drop boxes in certain counties. He will […]