Does anyone seriously think America’s enemies would not be encouraged by the Sept. 11, 2001 attack and the Moscow atrocity to conduct a repeat operation in America? With such easy access to the country and with so many fanatical beliefs floating around the world, what would deter them?

The belief that work is basically a capitalist imposition that is unnatural and bad for people still holds sway on the left, and Bernie Sanders is, accordingly, proposing to move from a 40-hour to a 32-hour workweek to make us healthy, wealthy and wise.

Abortion is a moral, medical, and political issue. Republicans can fight back on all three levels because they hold the high ground on each one.

Declaring winners in the bookshelf wealth debate is of no consequence, even to the winners. Everyone does what they want with their bookshelves. That’s as it should be.

It’s time to revive American manufacturing with “little guy” innovation and insistence on quality.

Biden should be upset, because no one likes the prospect of losing a presidential race. More profoundly, a loss to Trump would instantly vaporize what was to be Biden’s most important legacy — stopping Trump and supposedly saving American democracy. On his terms, Biden can’t afford to go one-for-two in this endeavor.

Whatever the status or our polarization, the two paths to reducing it, or at least to reducing its crippling effects, come down to us. The voters. Especially to us who call ourselves moderate.

What explains Trump’s appeal to Black men, in particular? One of the young men said, quite simply, “Money.” Trump has built a reputation of being “the money man,” the young voter said.

No one seems to mind that mendacity, while always present in the political arena, appears to be increasing everywhere. If allowed to spread it will create a “smell like death” in our legal system.

Chuck Schumer’s speech calling on Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu to go, along with increasingly critical statements by the White House, shows that the Democrats have decided that appeasing their left-wing base in an election year is now their top consideration.