We listen helplessly to each news report that features the celebration of death and destruction of our ancestral families.
Op-Eds
Steve Collins: Hey, all, leave them kids alone
A 16-year-old who didn’t choose to become a public figure should be given the room to figure things out without becoming the subject of attacks from across the world.
Cal Thomas: The Yom Kippur War — plus 50
The lesson that never seems to be learned is that when one bargains with evil, like Hamas, evil wins. The goal should be to defeat evil, and in that pursuit Israel deserves the support of all who share her greater goal of true peace.
The moral case for no longer engaging with Elon Musk’s X
X is now an app that forcibly puts abhorrent content into users’ feeds and then rewards financially the people who were the most successful in producing it, egging them on to do it again and again and make it part of their living.
Froma Harrop: It’s 10:35 a.m. Does your watch agree?
Ads for the new luxury watches show a precious chronometer resting on a master-of-the-universe wrist. The watch may be new and set to the second, but it hearkens back to the era of bespoke timekeeping.
Clarence Page: How do we reduce the number of out-of-wedlock births? Strengthen families
Remember how the nation’s official poverty rate fell to its lowest point on record during the pandemic? That’s over.
Rich Lowry: Trump’s courtroom campaign
Donald Trump’s court dates and legal entanglements aren’t a distraction from his campaign, as some observers predicted; in large part, they are the campaign.
Austin Bay: Update on corrupt Iran’s 21st-century nuclear threat (Part II of VI)
Not all our nuclear adversaries — current and potential — understand Balance of Terror restraints.
Cal Thomas: Trump: Not a great man
His rhetoric, which has included denunciations of those who have served in the military (while he dodged the draft five times with a limp excuse about bone spurs) ought to disgust all but those who are in complete denial of the danger he would pose to the Constitution and the country should he be re-elected president.
Bob Neal: The Countryman: It’s time, Mr. President
Please step aside while time remains. And thanks again.