Elections, especially in Virginia and Ohio, should convince pro-life Republicans of their need to come up with a different strategy when it comes to abortion. A no-exceptions mandate, or strictly limiting the procedure, isn’t working, in part because a new generation of younger people seem less predisposed to curtailing it.
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Alex Lear: 4 brothers reunited: The Beatles story ends as it began
Learics: John, Paul, George and Ringo began together, changed the world of pop music forever and blessed countless lives, then arced out apart on their own lives’ trajectories. Now they end together, in one final song.
Froma Harrop: Schools should drop the obsession with gender identity
Let’s make a deal. American parents stop harassing schools over library books that deal sympathetically with differences in sexual preference. And America’s schools stop withholding information about a student’s said preference from the parents.
Froma Harrop: Time to face political truths on immigration
The need now is to modernize the asylum program so it can quickly adjudicate claims. Thing is, you need two parties to fix it, and until just a few weeks ago, a collapsed Republican caucus couldn’t get its act together to even elect a House speaker.
Bob Neal: The Countryman: We can all reach out to a veteran today
I made it a point each Nov. 11 for two decades to personally thank a veteran. But for a couple of years, I haven’t been able to think of a vet I know whom I hadn’t thanked. Which had a lot to do with deciding to write this column. Maybe you can find a vet today and say “thank you.”
Dave Griffiths: Safe passage for veterans
I went back a week later and his room was empty, neatly laid out for the next veteran. Woven into the bedspread was an image of the Stars and Stripes.
Rich Lowry: The kidnapped posters aren’t an affront
There’s an ongoing struggle in our streets over whether it’s legitimate to post flyers about people kidnapped in the Hamas terror attack on Israel on October 7, or this is a provocation that warrants the posters being torn down.
Clarence Page: President Biden adds battle against Islamophobia to his quest for peace
Biden has faced intensifying pressure from human rights groups, other world leaders and even liberals in his own Democratic Party who argue that the Israel-Hamas crisis needs more remedies than Israeli bombardment.
Michael Rocque, Rep. Adam Lee, Alex Piquero: Gov. Mills’ commission on the Lewiston attacks has the potential to make real change in Maine
For this commission to truly be influential, it is imperative that it be composed of a variety of stakeholders representing different constituencies and points of view, but also experts who can inform the investigation without an agenda.
Cal Thomas: A third try in Texas for school choice
The last legislative session bowed to scare tactics by the powerful teachers unions and Democrats who promoted claims that allowing parents to send their children to private schools or use tax dollars to underwrite the costs of educating their children at home would force some public schools, especially in rural areas, to close.