Cal Thomas: Pardoning Sheriff Arpaio
President Trump’s pardon of Joe Arpaio, the former sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, has drawn predictable responses. The left, which long ago exceeded its...
George Will: Yale offers a tutorial in social descent
WASHINGTON — Summer brings no respite for academics committed to campus purifications, particularly at the institution that is the leader in the silliness sweepstakes,...
Christine Flowers: The shameful pardon of man who was ugly face of law enforcement
I spent some hours this week trying to prevent a deportation. I wasn’t successful. It happens, the law must be followed and sometimes the...
George Will: Trump, the novice protectionist
WASHINGTON — Sooner or later, and the later the better, the president’s wandering attention will flit, however briefly, to the subject of trade. So,...
Kathleen Parker: Give Robert Lee a raise
WASHINGTON — You know we’ve reached a point of — something — when a sports announcer named Robert Lee is reassigned from calling a...
Judging Afghanistan by the numbers
oes the president’s announced policy on Afghanistan make sense? To decide, let’s look at how a national security professional would deconstruct Trump’s Aug. 21...
Kathleen Parker: Eclipse a rare shared moment
LINVILLE, N.C. — During the past two weeks, I’ve been conducting an experiment.I took a vacation.A real one, meaning I did nothing. Intentionally, I...
Cal Thomas: Historical hysteria
“The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history.” — Friedrich HegelWe will learn even less from history if...
George Will: Laws that subvert the rule of law
WASHINGTON — When John Adams wrote into Massachusetts’ Constitution a commitment to a “government of laws and not of men,” he probably assumed that...
Doyle McManus: Is there anyone left willing to defend the president?
When a van plowed into pedestrians in Barcelona last week, President Trump didn’t wait for investigators to determine who the attackers were. Within minutes...
