As calls mounted for President Joe Biden to withdraw from the 2024 race following his dreadful debate performance, Democrats grappled with a stark reality: Their efforts to counter former President Donald Trump’s visual political style were falling woefully short.

This challenge should have surprised no one. Following the 2016 presidential ...Read more

As the U.S. becomes increasingly polarized, diversity, equity and inclusion — also known as DEI— efforts have been promoted as a way to bridge social divides and promote a sense of belonging for everyone, especially for those who have been traditionally excluded or marginalized.

But in recent years, a backlash has begun, with many ...Read more

Sharone Lifschitz attended six funerals last week for eight hostages the Israeli army retrieved from Gaza tunnels in body bags. "Four of them were members of my community," she told me wearily by phone from Israel. These were neighbors and friends from Kibbutz Nir Oz, near the Gaza border.

Meanwhile, her father, Oded Lifschitz, 83, remains a ...Read more

When Hillary Clinton referred to Donald Trump’s 34 criminal convictions during last week’s Democratic National Convention, a loud chant of “Lock him up!” arose from the crowd. Clinton, the target of countless “Lock her up!” chants stoked by Trump eight years ago, permitted herself a nod and a smile.

There’s no gainsaying the ...Read more

We're living in an upside-down world, aren't we?

It's a world in which scientists whose research findings that COVID probably originated as a spillover from wildlife have been validated by dozens of scientific studies, but got them hauled before a Republican-dominated House committee to be brayed at by the likes of Reps. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and...Read more

Texas Federal Judge J. Campbell Barker, appointed by Donald Trump in 2019, has frozen a Biden administration policy that could have helped some half-million undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens get legal status. Hopefully, Barker’s stay will not be staying.

Basically, these folks would already be eligible to receive permanent residency, if ...Read more

Anyone who’s seen swathes of sunburnt German tourists harrying Greek workers for a beach towel this summer will know how wrong economic cliches can be. Greeks, depicted as “lazy” during the euro crisis, actually work more hours than anyone else in Europe, and supposedly workaholic Germans work among the least. Sipping wine in Santorini or ...Read more

Special Counsel Jack Smith has filed a new indictment against Donald Trump’s attempts to interfere in the 2020 election, an effort to comply with the Supreme Court’s dangerous immunity decision from July, holding that presidents cannot be criminally investigated or prosecuted for so-called official acts.

The four counts remain, with the ...Read more

For Chicagoans of a certain vintage who attended Catholic schools in the distant past, this new law might sound like heresy: Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker earlier this month signed a ban on corporal punishment in private schools. At the same time, the state reiterated a 30-year ban on the practice in public schools.

Anyone who grew up getting their...Read more

The current Chicago professional sports landscape certainly looks like an arid desert, but fans encountered a rare oasis recently when former Chicago Bears Devin Hester and Steve McMichael were inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Hester is arguably the greatest kick returner in NFL history and McMichael was an anchor on the vaunted ...Read more

Did God save Donald Trump's life from the assassin's bullets because he wants him to be the next president of the United States? Donald Trump thinks so.

Speaking to Dr. Phil on Tuesday, he argued that he should have died on that stage in Butler, the odds of his surviving being "20 million to one." If he hadn't turned his head at that exact ...Read more

With flags and voting receipts in hand, thousands of Venezuelans have taken to the streets in Caracas and worldwide to protest Nicolás Maduro’s refusal to recognize his overwhelming defeat in the presidential election a month ago. The United States can do more to back them up.

The opposition party’s leader, María Corina Machado, recently ...Read more

The latest COVID vaccines from Pfizer Inc. and Moderna Inc. are hitting U.S. pharmacy shelves, raising a now-perennial fall question: Will anyone bother getting them?

In theory, the updated COVID shots couldn’t come at a better time. The U.S. is dealing with yet another summer surge, which in some parts of the country looked a lot closer in ...Read more

At the recent central-bank symposium at Jackson Hole, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell delivered a widely expected message on interest rates: “The time has come for policy to adjust.” He all but confirmed that the Fed would cut rates by at least a quarter-point when its policymakers next meet in September.

A modest cut makes sense. ...Read more

Republicans have repeatedly tried — and failed — to win over Jewish Americans, who have historically supported Democrats in overwhelming numbers. One memorable attempt was the campaign by Donald Trump and others on the right to falsely portray Barack Obama as a closeted Muslim who should be feared by those of other faiths. American Jews were...Read more

If you’re talking about seismic events in American history, like the civil rights movement and the Civil War, then it's time to unearth William Faulkner’s quote: “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.”

I thought of this Saturday as the bronze statue of civil rights hero John Lewis was being unveiled on Decatur Square.

With the ...Read more

This year, the Florida Legislature passed legislation allowing classical schools to hire teachers without having to jump through the usual hoops to confirm their state education certificates.

As the founder of an organization dedicated to expanding access to classical education, I'm grateful.

Existing teacher certification rules aren't a ...Read more

Ronald Silver II, a sanitation worker in Baltimore, won’t be spending this Labor Day weekend with his family. On Aug. 2, during a sweltering 100-degree heatwave, Silver died while working a shift in a city garbage truck.

His death was preventable. In July, following worker complaints, Baltimore’s inspector general reviewed conditions in the...Read more

The final chapter of Jeff German’s storied journalism career has reached its somber, yet necessary conclusion.

On Wednesday, a jury found Robert Telles guilty of murdering German, a 69-year-old Review-Journal investigative reporter. They convicted Telles of first-degree murder with use of a deadly weapon against an elderly person. He faces 20...Read more

Jack Smith is calling the Supreme Court’s bluff.

In the wake of the court’s controversial decision earlier this summer granting Donald Trump criminal immunity for official acts committed while president, Smith has refiled his indictment charging Trump with offenses connected to Jan. 6. This time, he has left out conduct the justices ...Read more