In late April, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that expands the federal government’s power over local and state police. The order is a recipe for abuse. The return to the overt embrace of mass incarceration through expanded funding and other support for police and prisons, coupled with the divisive underlying rhetoric of law-...Read more

Anyone who craved a life of sitcom fame had not spent time with George Wendt, a man who could not walk into a restaurant or take a stroll in the fresh air without cacophonous cries of “Norm!” coming at him from all directions from the mouths of people who seemed to think they were the only people ever to be so witty.

Being a gentle and kind...Read more

On Sunday, Mayor Brandon Johnson visited one of Chicago’s megachurches, the Apostolic Church of God in Woodlawn.

The mayor sat down in front of the large South Side congregation for a discussion with the church’s pastor, Dr. Byron Brazier. Speaking about economic development, Johnson talked of the resources and investments his ...Read more

As Missouri and many other states continue their fractious political battles over the issue of reproductive rights, a Trump administration project is threatening to undermine those rights nationally: The Food and Drug Administration is unilaterally launching a “safety review” of mifepristone, the widely used abortion-inducing medication, ...Read more

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey committed an act of Democratic heresy Tuesday, saying “I think that some of what Donald Trump has done on the border makes a lot of sense.”

“I won’t get into specifics, but the general move and recognition that there needed to be more control brought to the border is absolutely correct. And certain things...Read more

As we approach Memorial Day and honor the hundreds of thousands of young, brave Americans who have lost their lives in defense of the United States, one can’t help but wonder if today’s youth would answer the call to duty as eagerly as their parents and grandparents did during times of crisis.

We’ve been told today’s youth are soft. ...Read more

“A profoundly dangerous and destabilizing thing.” That’s how Vice President JD Vance recently described America’s falling birthrate. Recently, the “inherently pronatalist” White House is considering a new set of proposals to address it — including government-funded menstrual cycle education and even a national medal for women who ...Read more

The Trump administration is working to secure the borders and deport criminal aliens from the country. So far, the very blunt criteria being used is that anyone who has broken any law, even something as benign as a speeding ticket, may place them at risk of deportation.

Such a chaotic approach is creating anxiety not only amongst undocumented ...Read more

As we approach Memorial Day, it is sobering to recognize that today’s young people are unlikely to respond as enthusiastically to a call to serve their country as members of the World War II generation did 80 years ago. Young people do not exhibit the high levels of patriotism and commitment to democracy found among earlier generations. ...Read more

How do you sleep at night? That’s the question Chicagoans should be asking the private investors behind the city’s infamous parking meter lease deal — a group that may soon squeeze another $15.5 million out of taxpayers, not for broken meters or breached contracts, but because former Mayor Lori Lightfoot dared to suspend parking ...Read more

The strength of our nation is in the diversity of its people.

The greatness of this nation will further be elevated by fixing the immigration system that has been broken for too long. President Donald Trump’s latest executive order threatening to withhold funds from sanctuary cities and states while escalating the rhetoric on deportations ...Read more

Electricity demand in the state of Texas is forecast to soar in the years ahead, driven by the boom in manufacturing, new data centers, and cryptocurrency mining.

The Texas grid’s ability to meet this growth without blackouts depends on reliable fossil fuel energy. Unfortunately, due to distorting green energy subsidies, the Lone Star State ...Read more

Suddenly, it's 2024 all over again.

Once more we're litigating Joe Biden's catatonic debate performance, his lumbering gait, his moth-eaten memory and his selfish delusion he deserved a second term in the White House while shuffling through his ninth decade on earth.

Biden's abrupt announcement he faces an advanced form of prostate cancer has ...Read more

In his third phone call with Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump once again bowed to the Russian leader over ending Moscow’s war on Ukraine. The great dealmaker let the Kremlin boss set all the terms.

Trump’s mishandling of Putin was well summed up in an interview I did (before Monday’s Trump-Putin phone call) with the former U.S. ...Read more

The test of intelligent analysis of American foreign policy under President Donald Trump is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.

The first idea is that Trump, on the whole, is a disaster for America’s long-term stature in the international system, making the world less ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — One of Gavin Newsom’s first acts as governor was to start rebuilding California’s water system differently than his predecessor. Yet California’s regulatory system of analysis, permitting and litigation for big projects is leaving him nowhere close to an actual decision point, much less a podcast-worthy ribbon ...Read more

The wise minds at Moody’s Investors Service finally acknowledged last week what the other two main credit rating agencies did years ago: America has a debt problem. Now it’s time for America to recognize that solving its debt problem will require addressing another hard truth: Americans have a retirement problem — specifically, they retire...Read more

“Never take sides against the family” — that’s the creed of the Corleone family in “The Godfather,” and the Democratic Party today.

And Sen. John Fetterman is their Fredo.

Not because of incompetence on his part, but Fetterman is being blasted for betraying the “family” by his collegiality with President Donald Trump.

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As a pediatric resident in Texas, I have seen how important Medicaid is for my patients and their ability to access the care they need to thrive, and what can happen when there are gaps in that care.

Recently, I saw a child in clinic for her well-child visit. I noticed that she did not reach all her developmental milestones, although she had ...Read more