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HARROP: Closed primaries are a curse on our democracy

I didn't leave my political party; my party left me. Both of them. I've been a Democrat, and I've been a Republican. What I am now doesn't matter. The point is that a lot of American voters feel perpetually frustrated by the choices they find on the November ballot. The Democratic or ...

GARVEY: Are jury trial problems unfixable?

This is not another opinion article about Lindsay Clancy. Well, not really. I'm not qualified to discuss the woman's actions or the validity of her insanity defense in a murder trial for several million reasons at least. I've learned over the last few weeks that I'm one of the 10 people ...

RUGY: Americans are right: Inflation is not just the Fed’s problem

Inflation hasn't gone away -- it's going up. With the midterm elections seven weeks off, that's a problem for the president and Congress. Voters hate inflation. They don't much like the cure either, and the cure has two parts. The Federal Reserve raising interest rates, like it just did, ...

HARROP: If the Kennedy Center stays closed for now, so be it

Go ahead, President Donald Trump, keep the Kennedy Center closed. Don't give it money for necessary repairs. This is low-hanging fruit for Americans done with your extortion schemes. They don't have to submit to small-bore intimidation like this. They can just shrug at the demand that your ...

WILLIAMS: The CLARITY Act failed, but Bitcoin did not

The Senate's rejection of the CLARITY Act was not simply another episode of Democrats opposing President Donald Trump or Republicans failing to maintain party unity. Nor was it a declaration that cryptocurrency has no future in the United States. The bill was overtaken by a more fundamental ...

MOORE: The marriage deficit is an economic catastrophe

The Beatles told us: "All you need is love." They were right, but along with love must come marriage. But marriage rates have plummeted, especially among young men. A Pulitzer Prize-worthy story by Sean Salai of The Washington Times crunches all the numbers. To say they are worrisome would ...