Rich Lowry: Trump’s opponents not playing strictly by the book

The vapors over Donald Trump’s threatening statements are rich coming from people who have targeted their enemy by any means necessary for years now. The Russian-collusion investigation, the Hunter Biden cover-up and the ongoing, politically timed legal onslaught against Donald Trump are among the most shameful and tawdry efforts to destroy a political opponent in memory.

Editorial cartoon for Wednesday, Dec. 20

Donnie Brassard: Maine shouldn’t adopt aggressive electric vehicle mandates

Maine shouldn’t follow California standards to set emission policies for our state. The aggressive electric vehicle mandates will ensure that all vehicle prices will be higher with a limited supply of traditional gas or diesel units allowed on dealership lots. It’s concerning that a board of seven people (only four of whom need to vote […]

Editorial cartoon for Tuesday, Dec. 19

Cal Thomas: Root causes of lower learning

We are paying a price for the jettisoning of standards by which right and wrong, good and evil can be defined and judged. If everybody is right, if truth is subjective, then nothing can be said to be wrong, which has brought us to the current moral chaos and intellectual flabbiness.

Clarence Page: Norman Lear’s comedy helped diverse Americans tune in to each other

I always felt Lear helped us better live peacefully and, one hopes, productively with each other at a time when the nation was becoming more racially, religiously and politically heterogeneous.

Austin Bay: Iran’s escalating war at sea targets global economy

As the world watches Israel battle Hamas, Iran’s Yemen Houthi proxy army is using Tehran-provided missiles and drones to wage a shadow war on the global economy.

Editorial cartoon for Sunday, Dec. 17

Rich Lowry: Where’s the big immigration debate?

An analysis of Census data by Steve Camarota and his colleagues at the Center for Immigration Studies has found that a 4.5 million net increase in immigrants since Joe Biden took office has boosted the share of the foreign born to 15%, the highest ever recorded.

Froma Harrop: Blaming white men for problems is political stupidity

An effective way of handing elections to right-wing Republicans is to label large blocs of voters as wrong by virtue of their gender, race, ethnicity, age. Those are physical characteristics, not walking opinions.