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...
HART: Ridin’ with Biden: Dems step on ants as elephants jump the fence
Readers ask me if I think Biden can do anything more stupid than he just did. I really wish they would stop asking me,...
MANNING: Supreme Court bears arms
By Rick Manning
Congress has taken a giant step backwards in gun ownership, but it should be paying attention as the Supreme Court has affirmed...
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...
GUEST VIEW: Price-control measures never work
By Nate Scherer
InsideSources.com
Last month, House leaders took a significant step toward giving the federal government the power to regulate gasoline prices by passing the...
THE IDLE AMERICAN: Uncle Mort on the prowl
My phone pulsated with excitement that could be attributed to my Uncle Mort’s recent spate of news, both good and bad.
I asked for the...
ELDER: Random satire
The California Highway Patrol denies a rumor that the prosecution dropped DUI charges against House speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband. A spokesman said, “But if...
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...
SULLUM: SCOTUS again upholds double prosecution and punishment for the same crime
The federal government prosecuted Merle Denezpi twice for the same crime. It also punished him twice: the first time with 140 days in a...
TEXAS VIEW: Texas must protect its mountain lions and ban footholds
A group of landowners and biologists is lobbying the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to manage mountain lion populations in the state. We hope...