Kamala Harris desperately needs to deflect responsibility for the ongoing debacle at the border, and she thinks she knows just how to do it.
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Hal Phillips: RiverWatch: Educating yourself for the rigors of late capitalism? Learn to learn
We products of the liberal arts vocationalized ourselves as members of the workforce, serially, according to need, preference, circumstance, opportunity and our willingness/ability to shift gears.
Cal Thomas: Lebanon then and now
Lebanon was once known as the “Switzerland of the Middle East.” Now it has been wracked by war and terrorism, fueled by Islamic fanaticism.
Froma Harrop: Vance couldn’t even defend the democracy
He could summon all the oily debate tactics needed to evade questions and renovate lies. But one thing that J.D. Vance couldn’t find in his toolbox was the courage to say something that is totally obvious: Donald Trump lost the 2020 election.
Dave Griffiths: This and That: Can we talk?
For me, it doesn’t get better than finding common ground with a baseball nut or a blues fan or a fellow vet.
Froma Harrop: Bottom line on the border: It’s already orderly
Vice President Kamala Harris says she would tighten the border further, adding 1,500 Border Patrol agents, 4,300 asylum officers and 100 immigration judges. A shortage of such authorities enabled much of the mess. And she vows as president to sign that serious immigration bill.
Cal Thomas: VP Harris visits the ‘BINO’
Let’s coin a new acronym that perfectly describes the line that is supposed to separate the U.S. from Mexico. Call it a BINO – border in name only – for that is what it is.
Rich Lowry: The Secret Service is a national embarrassment
If this is what the Secret Service has become, it’s a wonder that something worse than Butler, Pennsylvania, hasn’t already happened.
Your olive oil might be unfit for human consumption
Data released to the Guardian under Freedom of Information laws shows that the European Union saw a record number of potential olive oil fraud cases at the start of the year as prices peaked.
Cal Thomas: Virtue vs. utility
John Adams remarked that “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people.” What happens when a majority appear no longer moral and religious? We get these two presidential candidates.