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  • Published
    December 3, 2023

    Austin Bay: The Shell Crisis of 2023: Artillery munition shortages undermine Ukraine and Israel war efforts

    The Free World Shell Crisis has embarrassing but instructive echoes of 1915 that ignorant politicians will ignore but wise leaders will heed.

  • Published
    December 3, 2023

    Cal Thomas: We’ve seen this ‘film’ before

    How many times must we see this plot repeated and not recognize it for what it is: terrorists kill innocent Israelis, including women and children, and after a while much of the world begins to suggest it’s the fault of the victims. If only there were no Jews. If only Israel didn’t exist seems to be their line.

  • Published
    December 3, 2023

    Sen. Jeff Timberlake: OCFS must get it right. If it doesn’t, children die

    The deaths of several children within weeks of each other in the summer of 2021 raised alarm bells when it was discovered they had some involvement with the agency. It was obvious that something was wrong within the department.

  • Published
    December 2, 2023

    Bob Neal: The Countryman: How the news media can help save democracy

    On the wall, I see handwriting that says our traditional standard of “straight reporting,” and the neutrality that comes with it, no longer win the public’s esteem.

  • Published
    December 2, 2023

    Froma Harrop: All food on the table comes from a farm. Right?

    The label is problematic. For starters, logic states that it could be applied to just about any ingredient that makes its way onto one's fork, spoon or fingers. After all, with the exception perhaps of mushrooms, some greens and a few hothouse items, all food comes from farms. The apple that sailed and was then trucked 8,000 miles from New Zealand to Minneapolis came from a farm.

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  • Published
    November 30, 2023

    Rich Lowry: Was Napoleon a dullard?

    Napoleon can be considered a proto-fascist dictator, or an enlightened reformer, or some of both, but he could never be considered dull, at least not until portrayed by a stolid Joaquin Phoenix, seemingly unaware that the general was a sparkling personality, a hugely energetic reformer and an inspiring leader of men.

  • Published
    November 30, 2023

    Froma Harrop: Stop worshipping the Ivy League

    Without a doubt, brilliant minds have attended and taught at Harvard, Yale and the rest. But so have many mediocrities whose rich parents hired consultants to turn their offspring into the perfect packages these institutions want. That meant tutors to ensure high scores alongside some angle, such as prowess in a sport or carefully selected do-gooding.

  • Published
    November 29, 2023

    Cal Thomas: Evangelicals conforming to the world

    There is considerable harm being done by evangelicals because of their devotion to Donald Trump.

  • Published
    November 28, 2023

    Clarence Page: Elon Musk not so ‘absolutist’ about free speech when it comes from his critics

    His endorsement of a tweet helped give new life to old antisemitic tropes.

  • Published
    November 27, 2023

    Jackie Kennedy has never left the White House

    Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy's work at the White House has had an outsize and lasting effect on how restoration projects are chosen and paid for, how state dinners are staged and how visitors experience the White House. Every first family that followed has been influenced by her approach to decor and preservation.