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FELDKAMP: Erma Bombeck’s legacy isn’t just humor. It’s belonging.

Last week's Erma Bombeck Writer's Workshop in Dayton, Ohio, celebrated 25 years of the conference. The University of Dayton held the first workshop in 2000 as a one-time event to commemorate the Bombeck family's gift of Erma's papers to her alma mater. It turns out once just wasn't enough, and ...

BARONE: The sudden political star of Trump II — Marco Rubio

"White House deploys Marco Rubio to clarify messaging about Iran conflict." So reads the headline on the front page of the Washington Examiner's website in the early hours of Wednesday, the third month of U.S. military operations against Iran, which have been taking place since Feb. 28. That ...

SHAPIRO: In today’s NBA, beliefs can be a firing offense

There are plenty of things an NBA player can do and still keep his job. League history is littered with examples: players involved in off-court scandals, arrests, even allegations of serious violence. Time and again, teams and the league have found ways to look past behavior that, in most ...

MCCARTHY: When birthright citizenship goes wrong

Get ready for the next Roe v. Wade -- only this time the Supreme Court decision that threatens to split the country isn't about abortion; it's about "birthright citizenship." Trump v. Barbara is before the Court this week, and with it comes the very question of who is an American. On his ...

MOORE: Let’s kill cancer

There are few things in life more terrifying than a cancer diagnosis, as any victim of this horrible disease will tell you. So let's kill cancer before it kills us. This crusade could be similar in size and scope to our national commitments to developing a polio vaccine in the 1950s and ...

HAMMER: Jews and Christians: United we stand, divided we fall

For a brief window this coming week, Passover and Holy Week, the sacred observances of Jews and Christians, respectively, will overlap. Jews around the world will gather this Wednesday and Thursday evenings for the Seder, which recounts the Exodus from Egypt and God's redemptive hand in ...