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Will the land mine incident in the Korean Demilitarized Zone escalate?
The recent land mine incident in the Korean Demilitarized Zone could escalate into conflict on the peninsula.
Family caregivers deserve our gratitude
My mother died a few weeks ago after a prolonged decline. She was 93, and for much of the last two years of her life, she was bedridden. Her memory was spotty.
Lessons from the death of Jim Bakker
Jim Bakker, who died Monday at age 86, was among the most successful televangelists, if your standard for success is money and fame.
Democrats' empty 'affordability' rhetoric
Monday was the deadline for motorists in Fairfax, Arlington, Prince William and Loudoun counties and the city of Alexandria to pay the much-hated annual "personal property" car tax.
The alarming emergence of the downballot democratic socialists
This year, at least 82 candidates in state legislative races have been identified as dues-paying Democratic Socialists of America members, endorsees or self-identified members.
We need wastewater monitoring to protect all Americans
Ask most Americans what is in the National Defense Authorization Act, and they will likely picture fighter jets, aircraft carriers and paychecks for the troops.
Prosecutor's dilemma with the Cornell 7
The hardest decision a government prosecutor may ever face is also one of the most important tests of the rule of law.
America's new favorite pastime: Hating everybody
There is a peculiar kind of freedom in despising everyone equally.
The U.S. must call out South Korea's duplicity
South Korea's policy toward the U.S. combines friendly and unfriendly moves.
On Oct. 7's anniversary, how far have the Jews come?
Wednesday marks three years since the day that Hamas murdered more than 1,200 people in Israel and took another 251 hostage.
The 5% Treasury panic ignores financial history
In September, the rate on the bellwether 10-year Treasury pierced 5% and rose to levels not seen since before the global financial crisis of 2007 to 2009.
Before you destroy 2024 election records, keep the evidence
Nearly two years after the 2024 election, election officials nationwide have reached an important milestone.
U.S. can best pay respects on Oct. 7 by letting Israel loose on Hamas
Today marks three years since Hamas launched a brutal attack on its neighbor, killing approximately 1,200 innocents. More than 8,700 were injured, and more than 251 were taken into the bowels of the Gaza Strip as hostages.
Mexico: Distant neighbor, false friend
In his Sept. 22 speech to the United Nations General Assembly, President Trump delivered his most direct threat against Mexican drug cartels and the government that shields them.
Fairfax County gave plum school job to a scandal-embroiled employee
On Sept. 30, Darin Thompson, a former Fairfax County, Virginia, principal turned district administrator, surrendered at the Fairfax County Jail on a felony embezzlement charge.
Who still fights the war on terror?
Addressing Congress nine days after Sept. 11, 2001, President George W. Bush declared: "Our war on terror begins with al Qaeda, but it does not end there."
Hey, Congress, price controls don't work
One thing that keeps economists such as me in business is that even the simplest inviolable economic rules are routinely violated by politicians -- and sometimes by confused economists.
U.S. must rebuild aluminum production capacity
With President Trump saying he faces a choice of whether to "annihilate the Islamic Republic and do it quickly," the Pentagon is deploying a third aircraft carrier strike group and up to 10,000 more troops to the Middle East.
Sharia strikes favorable chord with younger voters
Forty-three percent of U.S. voters between the ages of 18 and 24 years old say they're OK with Sharia law coming to America, according to a Rasmussen Reports/Our Republic survey. This should leave Americans speechless.
'Tis the season of mudslinging and campaign finance loopholes
You cannot escape them unless you turn off the TV. One after another, with barely enough time for commercials hawking adult diapers and a cure for toe fungus, they come.
