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JOECKS: Why we can’t resolve the debates that divide America

Americans don't just disagree on policies. In three key areas, they disagree on the principles that lead to the creation of those policies. The first is truth. Some people believe that absolute truth exists -- a shared reality outside of ourselves. We may not like the truth, but attempting ...

ZITO: What Democrats are missing in trying to recapture young people

BALDWIN, Pennsylvania -- Collin Arthrell sat at a table filled with young people at a luncheon in a middle-class suburban Pittsburgh borough, dressed neatly in a suit with his curly hair neatly cropped. Four years ago, you would not have seen this many young people psyched about voting in ...

MCCARTHY: Columbus Day celebrates our civilization

Battles over Columbus Day aren't really about Christopher Columbus at all -- they're about whether America should exist. "Columbus's journey carried thousands of years of wisdom, philosophy, reason, and culture across the Atlantic into the Americas -- paving the way for the ultimate triumph ...

WILLIAMS: The Myth of Falling Crime: Why Americans don’t trust the numbers

Every election season, mayors and governors step before cameras to boast that crime is down. Charts are waved, statistics cited, and carefully crafted talking points deployed to assure anxious citizens that their streets are safer than ever. Yet when you leave the press conference and walk the ...

BARONE: Donald Trump — Energy in the executive

Whatever else you want to say about him, President Donald Trump has what Alexander Hamilton in Federalist No. 70 called "energy in the executive." Announcing a peace plan for Israel and Hamas, ordering the dispatch of federal troops to protect immigration enforcement personnel in "sanctuary" ...

GRAHAM: In every government shutdown, the media are eager Democrat helpers

If the national media can be counted on to spin anything dramatically toward the Democrats, it's a government shutdown. They feel passionately that the Democrats are the Party of Government, and the Republicans are the Haters of Government, so who naturally favors shutting it all down? ...