NATIONAL VIEW: When all nine justices agree
The Supreme Court set off political fireworks this year with divided opinions on gun rights, abortion, religious liberty and more. So it’s worth highlighting...
NATIONAL VIEW: Supreme Court puts gun rights above the human life
The Supreme Court recently embraced a vision of the Second Amendment that is profoundly at odds with precedent and the dangers that American communities...
NATIONAL VIEW: Abortion in the states after Roe v. Wade
Now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, abortion could soon become illegal in half of the country. Or so Democrats warn....
NATIONAL VIEW: The death penalty is wrong — even for racist mass killers
A judge has asked federal prosecutors whether they will seek the death penalty against the white man accused in the killing of 10 Black...
NATIONAL VIEW: Breaking the Biden age taboo
A pastime around our office in early 2021 was guessing when Democrats would begin to point out that President Biden was too old for...
NATIONAL VIEW: The FDA is taking a historic step to reduce smoking deaths
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday made a decision of rare importance, concerning not a pandemic illness but the country’s leading cause of...
NATIONAL VIEW: The contradictions of abortion polling
The conventional wisdom on abortion polling is that the Supreme Court is walking into a gale-force political wind if it overturns Roe v. Wade....
NATIONAL VIEW: It’s common sense to raise the minimum age for purchasing rifles
The back-to-back massacres at a Buffalo grocery store and a Texas elementary school have brought into sharp focus the disparity in federal gun law...
NATIONAL VIEW: Biden’s green-energy industrial policy
Donald Trump abused his national security power by slapping tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to support domestic producers. Now President Biden is stealing...
NATIONAL VIEW: The canary in the Pebble Mine
Politicians are demanding that the U.S. become more self-sufficient in crucial metals and minerals, but then they block domestic mining at every opportunity. Alaska’s...