Polls might be of interest close to the election, but we’re not close or anywhere near. The election is almost 14 months away, and if you recall, polls 14 days before the 2016 election showed Hillary Clinton winning.
Op-Eds
Bob Neal: The Countryman: Toward a new police-community contract
It troubles me that police are in the spotlight more for shooting people than for putting themselves in harm’s way. We need a model for police work that puts officers and the public in more contact. Unhostile contact.
Froma Harrop: Obama tried to fix the border. Yes, we can, too
Comprehensive immigration reform is still the answer. And if Joe Biden wants to be elected again, he has to aggressively push it. Talk to Barack Obama about that.
Rich Lowry: Joe Biden’s Mariel boatlift
Back in 1980, an overwhelmed Carter administration struggled to cope with the Mariel boatlift, a rapid surge of Cubans into South Florida, just as the hapless Biden White House is watching the current migrant crisis strain communities around the country.
Cal Thomas: What to do about the crime wave
Of all the explanations for the rise in crime in America, none may be more accurate than the lack of swift and certain punishment.
Saving Medicare will never be easier than it is right now
When combined with the savings from overbilling, a modest 10% decrease in spending on new services could save $600 billion over the next 10 years. That’s enough to cover the Medicare trust fund’s deficit for the entire period.
Make student loans work for students
The federal government can do even more. It can start by sharing its College Scorecard information, which shows completion rates by institution and major, with all applicants for student loans.
Yes, we do need another moonshot. Or five.
India won the latest round in August by being the first to land a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole. Tellingly, it managed the feat just days after superpower Russia failed at the same task.
Rich Lowry: The electric car sham
Electric vehicles should be considered a nice, promising addition to the variety of the car market, not a quasi-holy obligation to be pursued at all costs.
Elliott Epstein: There is a way to legitimately take Trump off the ballot
A conviction on a charge that falls within the scope of the 14th Amendment could provide solid, objective grounds for state election officials to remove him from the ballot.