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The Greatness of George F. Will

When George Will was being packed off to graduate school, his father, a professor of philosophy at the University of Illinois, asked him what, or who, he wanted to be in life: Ted Sorensen, Isaiah Berlin, or Murray Kempton?...  Read more

There's Only One Hero in the Harvey Weinstein Saga: Ronan Farrow

The more we see, the deeper the rot is...  Read more

Will Trump Blow Up NAFTA?

The president says that the U.S. and Canada have a great relationship but that if we have to walk, we will...  Read more

Mitch McConnell Goes to the Mattresses for Trump's Judicial Nominees

The Senate majority leader takes charge of the confirmation process...  Read more

Trump Announces He Will Fix Health Care By Himself

Plus, Rex Tillerson's IQ test and the immigration negotiation continues...  Read more

Trump tax reform outline needs fine-tuning to spare the middle class

Last week, more details on the Trump tax plan were released. The blueprint, which the "Big Six" tax reform panel is still amending, is excellent...  Read more

UK launches last-minute bid to change Trump's mind on Iran nuclear deal

British Prime Minister Theresa May and her team appealed to President Trump in a 11th hour bid to convince him not to take a step away from the Iran nuclear deal, according to United Kingdom officials...  Read more

Mitch McConnell prevents donor revolt, but for how long?

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is holding off a revolt by his loyal campaign contributors for now, even as other donors angry about Republican failures in Congress reject pleas for cash to support the party's 2018 campaign...  Read more

Media awkwardly cope with Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment charges

Last week's revelation that Hollywood titan Harvey Weinstein has a history of sexual harassment has left many in the media in an awkward position...  Read more

Corker's Convictions

A Trump enabler now thinks he's the leader of the opposition...  Read more

7 unexpected requests on Trump's immigration reform wish list

These are some of the lesser-known ideas to crack down on illegal immigration...  Read more

Facing down America's fentanyl epidemic

We need to be taking steps to eliminate illegal fentanyl from our communities, not providing new avenues for those who want to see just the opposite happen...  Read more

When it comes to tax reform, keep it simple, Congress

When the Internal Revenue Code was first created in 1913, the entire text of the Sixteenth Amendment and the Revenue Act totaled a mere 27 pages...  Read more

Supreme Court takes up warrantless cellphone searches

Under current law, the federal government isn't required to obtain a warrant to get cell phone location information under what's known as the "third-party doctrine," derived from two Supreme Court decisions from the 1970s...  Read more

Is Trump still the same guy who won in November?

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich likes to say that there are two Donald Trumps. "I've said this publicly, there's a big Trump and a little Trump," Gingrich said on ABC's "This Week" before last year's election...  Read more

Trump and the Republican Congress let business groups down

Business is particularly worried that the Trump administration has pursued changes to the NAFTA's investor-state dispute settlement system, including allowing countries to opt-out...  Read more

The Human Stain: Why the Harvey Weinstein Story Is Worse Than You Think

It goes much deeper than one big creep...  Read more

Corker and Trump Breakup

Bob Corker wasn't always so "concerned" about Donald Trump...  Read more