Opinions

The West’s descent into madness

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If it is possible to watch a society -- an entire civilization -- go insane, we are watching that phenomenon in real time. Across all forms of media, the headlines bring fresh evidence daily.

What about a Vice President J.D. Vance?

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Donald Trump has locked up the necessary delegates for the Republican presidential nomination, which means it’s time for every political junkie’s favorite quadrennial game: Veepstakes! Every four years, commentators, political consultants and elected officials all chime in with their takes on who a presidential candidate’s running mate should be. Perhaps the candidate ought to select a veep from a swing state.

Israel as a ‘pariah’ among the nations

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Last week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) twice described Israel as a “pariah” among the world’s nations: “Israel cannot survive if it becomes a pariah. ... [The Israeli public] understands better than anybody that Israel cannot hope to succeed as a pariah opposed by the rest of the world.”

A conservative champion for kids

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Do you like the direction our educational system has been going over the last 10 years? On May 28, Dr. Mary Bone will be challenging Tom Maynard, 11-year incumbent, for State Board of Education District 10 [which represents Lampasas County].

The path to victory for Trump

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After last week’s primaries, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have both attained enough delegates to be their respective parties’ presidential nominees this fall. Barring some sort of unforeseen event -- a debilitating hospitalization, an ultra-expedited criminal prosecution or a convention floor revolt -- we will thus get a rematch of the 2020 presidential election.

Will Americans answer the call?

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For those of you who do not know her, Bari Weiss is the journalist who had the courage and intellectual honesty not only to leave her gig as an opinion writer at The New York Times in 2020 but to pen a public resignation letter that exposed the oppressive culture there that prompted her departure.

The Left’s attack on Christianity

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In a panic about Americans’ rejection of the Biden administration’s policies of open borders, rampant crime, runaway inflation and profligate spending on foreign wars, the Left has decided the real cause of the widespread dissatisfaction and demand for policies that place Americans first is “Christian nationalism.”

Liberal elites against democracy

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Iremember learning about democracy back in grammar school. We learned about it in the context of the American Revolution: Britain’s King George III may have ruled as a capricious monarch, but the intrepid colonists fought for the then-novel concept of democratic selfgovernment.

The Left-Right divide is unbridgeable

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Millions of Americans, depressed by the ideological divide in America, harbor a wish that something or someone can bridge this divide. This wish is fantasy. The divide is unbridgeable. One might as well wish that daily consumption of a hot fudge sundae will lead to weight loss.