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The good, bad, and ugly in new budget

President Donald Trump’s 2026 “skinny budget” is out, and at first glance it gives small-government advocates reason to cheer. It proposes deep cuts to domestic agencies, calls for eliminating redundant programs and gestures toward reviving federalism by shifting power and responsibility ...

A strange exchange: Civil War, writ small

Scene: walking in Washington at dusk, looking around an old market neighborhood made new again. I’m coming from a book talk, searching the lively sidewalks for the Metro station. A guy sees my shop bag and asks what book I’m reading. I show him: “Uncharted: How Trump Beat Biden, Harris ...

The purely progressive Pulitzer Prize parade

The latest announcement of the Pulitzer Prizes brought great anticipation — not about who would win awards but about what topics would be honored. Once again, the awards were dominated by the leftist brands — The New York Times and The New Yorker. Pulitzer Prize juries tend to hand out ...

Team Trump’s baby mandates getting creepy

Natalism. Elon Musk won’t stop posting about it. Vice President JD Vance won’t stop talking about it. Which is odd, because neither of them has a uterus. Or a clue. Which is why we women on the right need to step in and help our brothers out with an intervention. Check yourselves before ...

On Trump’s comments about a possible third term

When Republicans took control of Congress in 1947, they were still angry that President Franklin D. Roosevelt had won a fourth term in 1944, and they set out to pass a constitutional amendment to limit future presidents to two terms. John Jennings, Republican of Tennessee, stood on the House ...

Push for equal rights, against quotas

“It is the policy of the United States to eliminate the use of disparate-impact liability in all contexts to the maximum degree possible to avoid violating the Constitution, Federal civil rights laws, and basic American ideals.” Those words, the operative section of “Restoring Equality ...