The world needs a truly brave pope

EDITOR ’S NO TE: After this column was written, Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago was selected to be the next pope. He will bear the name Pope Leo XIV.The College of Cardinals of the Catholic Church has begun the conclave in Rome to elect the next pope.

Mutually assured law enforcement destruction

Last week, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided at least nine restaurants in the nation’s capital, requesting proof that the establishments are not flouting the law by employing illegal aliens. Washington, D.C.

The art of the second Iran deal

President Donald Trump’s first 100 days, which he celebrated last week with a characteristically electric campaign-style rally in Michigan, were the fastest and most frenzied 100 days in modern presidential history.

The process due illegals is deportation

EDITOR’S NOTE: Dennis Prager is off this week. We hope readers will enjoy the following guest column by Victor Joecks.If you break a system, you can’t be upset when fixing that system requires a solution that is outside the normal operation of the system.

Marxist indoctrination is the real problem

Awriter on X named Yehuda Teitelbaum posted a long thread last week about the recently released report by the Presidential Task Force on Combating Antisemitism and Anti-Israel Bias at Harvard University.

Salvation cannot be found in politics

Since the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday, social media has been filled with expressions of loss and mourning, as well as opinions -- both positive and negative -- about Francis’ time on the Throne of Peter.

The Pete Hegseth red herring

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth finds himself under fire again this time from political skeptics or foes across the political spectrum.

How not to fight a trade war

EDITOR ’S NOTE: Dennis Prager is off this week. We hope readers will enjoy the following guest column by Ben Shapiro.Last week, the stock market yo-yoed wildly, taking investors on a roller coaster of stunning lows and sudden highs. Rarely has investment been so gut-churning.

Let’s support local residents

To the Lampasas mayor and City Council: Never have I been so disappointed in the treatment y’all gave to Elizabeth and Dale Kemp [see “Residents’ input squelched while developers are favored,” Letter to the Editor, April 15 edition]. Wow, who died and made y’all God?

End taxpayer support for the higher-ed gravy train

One of the crucial insights of public policy is the understanding that most laws are predicated upon a (stated or unstated) quid pro quo.Take, for example, the roiling months-long debate about President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda.