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Opinion: Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts made for a sad, strange day for America

On Oct. 17, 1931, at the Federal Building in Chicago, Al Capone was convicted of income tax evasion.

By The Chicago Tribune Editorial Board (TNS) May 31, 2024

Photo/Mark Peterson/New York Magazine via AP, Pool /Former President Donald Trump walks out of court and toward the media following the verdict in his hush money trial in New York on Thursday, May 30, 2024.

Opinion: Do we still understand how wars are won?

In the past 50 years, the United States has gotten good at losing wars.

By Bret Stephens / The New York Times May 29, 2024

Photo/Finbarr O'Reilly/The New York Times / Emergency personnel work at the scene of a hardware superstore that was hit on Saturday by a Russian strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, May 26, 2024. Ukrainian officials say that Washington's demand that U.S.-made weapons not be fired into Russian territory allows the Kremlin to launch attacks with impunity, a disadvantage made clear by Russia's new offensive near Kharkiv.

Opinion: ‘Most predictable crisis’ in history continuing as predicted

If you want inflation to drop, pay attention to the national debt.

By The Las Vegas Review-Journal Editorial Board (TNS) May 29, 2024

File photo/Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times / The U.S. Capitol in Washington is seen on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. The federal debt as a share of the U.S. economy is poised to hit a record by 2029 and will continue to rise over the next three decades, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has said.

Opinion: ‘Homemaker’ may not be for everyone, but is a noble calling

While Harrison Butker said quite a few controversial and outrageous things during his commencement address at Benedictine College, extolling the virtues of being a homemaker should not be considered one of them.

By Lynn Schmidt / St. Louis Post-Dispatch (TNS) May 28, 2024

File photo/Charlie Riedel/The Associated Press / Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker speaks to the media during NFL football Super Bowl 58 opening night on Monday, Feb. 5, 2024, in Las Vegas. Butker's remarks during a commencement address at Benedictine College have been sharply criticized and misunderstood, some say.

Opinion: Loose talk about the end of everything

After a recent summit between new partners China and Russia, General Secretary Xi Jinping and Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin issued an odd one-sentence communique: "There can be no winners in a nuclear war and it should never be fought."

By Victor Davis Hanson / Tribune Content Agency May 27, 2024

Sergey Savostyanov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP / Both Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, shown talking in 2023, believe they have a leg up on global conflicts.

Opinion: Warren Buffet is wrong on taxes

Many people have made money by following the advice of Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett.

By Cal Thomas May 27, 2024

AP File Photo/Nati Harnik / Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, shown in 2019, is often correct about financial matters, but columnist Cal Thomas says he falls short in refusing to advocate for federal spending cuts.

Opinion: The Biden administration: Pandering to everyone

As poll after poll shows President Joe Biden's re-election campaign struggling to gain traction with the American people, the White House has increasingly resorted to blatantly manipulating policy in a desperate effort to buy votes. It's unseemly, even for this administration.

By The Las Vegas Review-Journal Editorial Board May 26, 2024

Photo/Jacquelyn Martin/The Associated Press / President Joe Biden, shown speaking at a Jewish American Heritage Month event on May 20, 2024, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, and his administration says 1 million barrels of gasoline from a Northeast reserve will be released in a bid to lower prices at the pump this summer.

Opinion: Trump-Biden debates more ‘Ugh, really?’ moments

The Biden and Trump campaigns have agreed to two presidential debates. Who among us can contain our excitement?

By Jonah Goldberg May 25, 2024

File photo/Mark Makela/The New York Times / People gather in Lititz, Pa., to watch the first debate between then-President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden on Sept. 29, 2020. President Biden and former President Trump have agreed to two debates, one on June 27 on CNN and one on Sept. 10 on ABC News.

Opinion: President Biden’s ‘America hates you’ speech a disappointing choice for Morehouse grads

The academic year is coming to an end, thankfully.

By Cal Thomas May 23, 2024

Photo/Michael A. McCoy/The New York Times / President Joe Biden gestures during his speech at Morehouse College's commencement ceremony in Atlanta on May 19, 2024.

Opinion: Who’s in more trouble: Israel or Iran?

An astute friend recently observed that today's crisis in the Middle East boils down to one question about two dates: Which historic moment is likelier to be reversed: 1948 or 1979?

By Bret Stephens / The New York Times May 22, 2024

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