What the Missouri Compromise was to Henry Clay, what the Second Reply to Hayne was to Daniel Webster, what the Civil Rights Act of 1957 was to Lyndon Johnson, Carhartt sweatshirts and baggy shorts will be to John Fetterman.
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Froma Harrop: If she said, he should also be able to say
In 2018, Yale University held a disciplinary hearing at which a female student told her story of allegedly being raped after a Halloween party but couldn’t be questioned back.
Cal Thomas: British to be forced to drive electric
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, after first announcing a mandate requiring all fossil fueled vehicles sold in the UK after 2030 to be electric, succumbed to pressure from the Conservative Party and within his own government and announced Wednesday a delay until 2035. His goal remains net zero by 2050.
Clarence Page: MAGA was only the beginning of Mitt Romney’s worries
“A very large portion of my party,” Romney tells McKay Coppins of The Atlantic, “really doesn’t believe in the Constitution.” That’s why he spends $5,000 a day since the insurrection on private security for his family, Romney said.
Austin Bay: Taiwan arms for war — if deterrence fails
If Taiwan becomes a concrete porcupine — with trained soldiers, modern weapons and reinforced bunkers supported by air and sea assets delivering sea mines and missile strikes — Beijing will never take the island.
Clarence Page: Yes, Black parents like school choice too
It has become a grand tradition in journalism and politics to uncover a high-profile official who is responsible for public schools, yet — oops! — puts their own offspring in a private school.
Bob Neal: The Countryman: Strong words from north of the border
Justin Trudeau has been wracked by scandals, many minor but cumulatively evidence that he is not so smooth an operator as his late father, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Canada’s third-longest-serving PM.
Froma Harrop: What about Gina Raimondo?
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo playing co-pilot with President Biden would offer Democrats a truly powerful ticket in 2024. She belongs at the front of the line of potential new running mates.
Cal Thomas: Sex and the city: Political edition
The Republican Party, the party that for years has styled itself as the party of “family values” and “traditional marriage” has lost all credibility on these issues.
Striking UAW can’t bring back the 1950s or wish EVs away
The solution to the U.S. backlash against Japanese vehicle imports was ultimately for the likes of Honda to simply build the cars here. The IRA’s subsidies are designed to encourage this, if politics allow.