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Editorials and columns

The dark day democracy almost died

Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, was a solemn anniversary for Congress, five years to the day since a mob of President Donald Trump's followers broke into the Capitol and savagely battled the police officers defending us, those trapped inside. I should say it was solemn and healing for the Democratic ...

The Left’s performative outrage

What a news cycle we're having. In just the past week, we've had exposure of massive fraud in the state of Minnesota, the U.S. military's removal of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, widespread protests across Iran calling for the end of the Islamic regime, and the swearing in of New York ...

How Trump finally buried the Iraq syndrome

Something crucial happened with President Donald Trump's recent actions in Venezuela. In fact, taken together with his earlier moves abroad, they mark the substantive death of what might be called the "Iraq syndrome" -- a paralyzing mindset that has distorted American foreign policy for more ...

Self scouting

As I write this, we are almost done, with college football’s bowl season for 2025/26. The championship game is just ahead, and so is the Super Bowl at the professional level. It’s a grind to get to a championship game for either level, and things can change drastically in a team’s season ...

Plunder

The Wall Street Journal editorial board has delivered its share of idiocies over the past few years, but its response to the capture of Nicolas Maduro has set a new standard. Calling the military intervention "justified" because Venezuela had allied with "Russia, China, Cuba, and Iran," the ...

History is watching. What are you doing right now?

Louisville Urban League President Lyndon Pryor said something at the organization's annual Impact Luncheon last month that has been stuck on replay in my head ever since. I'm paraphrasing here, but he told the crowd, "If you're wondering what you would do in the face of injustice, you're doing ...