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2026 midterms: GOP on the Titanic while White House pops Champagne
With the midterm elections rapidly approaching, the Cook Political Report predicted last week that Republicans are on track to lose their House majority, as 15 race ratings have shifted toward Democrats.
The Supreme Court can stop states' hijacking of national energy policy
As Virginia's attorney general and then governor, I spent years defending the right of states to regulate and protect their own environment.
Congress' backroom permitting reform risks making things worse
For the past six months, a handful of members of Congress have been trying to negotiate reforms to the process by which the federal government permits infrastructure.
A mixed message from The Washington Post
The newspaper across town, which presumes to be a paper of record for the whole country, has a little problem: It is schizophrenic and sex-obsessed.
Why are we rushing convalescent octogenarian Mitch McConnell back to work?
When I watched Sen. Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, return to the Capitol earlier this month, I did not see a Republican lawmaker. I saw a patient.
Gaza, a convenient excuse to hate Jews
Who would have thought that a day on which 1,200 Jews were murdered -- the largest one-day Jewish death toll since the Holocaust -- would lead to an upsurge of antisemitism?
The hypocrisy of progressive Christianity
In case you have not noticed, talk of religion is no longer verboten in the ranks of the political left.
Why were millionaires getting unemployment benefits?
Over the past decade, tens of thousands of tax filers with incomes of $1 million or more were collectively paid $812 million in jobless benefits from the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund.
Guess who's behind the left's climate hysteria
"Climate change is an existential disaster facing the entire world," Sen. Bernard Sanders, Vermont independent, posted in February 2019.
Why women's reaction to Lindsay Clancy should terrify us
The Lindsay Clancy case has exposed some truly horrific fractures in the American conscience, shedding disturbing light on gender gaps that seem to be only intensifying.
Americans increasingly believe in marriage before children
In a survey released in August, Gallup offered encouraging news for our nation's future -- particularly for our children.
We must stop measuring work by the hour
Last year, I wrote a memo telling my team that artificial intelligence was coming for their jobs -- and mine.
Why would we ever trust Democrats on fuel prices or healthcare?
Some readers may find this difficult to believe, but Democrats running for Congress this year are being outrageous hypocrites on the issue of gas prices.
Worried about the middle class? Do not forget the wealth effect
We keep hearing from political pundits and economists that America has a K-shaped economy, with benefits mostly accruing to the wealthy at the expense of poor households.
Tim Walz's fall from VP nominee to Democratic Party liability
Fraud in Minnesota is a major issue in the state's 2026 campaigns. The problem is so severe that it heavily shadowed Gov. Tim Walz's decision not to seek reelection.
Scary Gov. Healey wants to put bureaucrats into the homes of newborns
If you give birth in Massachusetts, Big Sister will be watching you.
The gender craze is passing, but conservatives must not get complacent
Until about 10 years ago, virtually everyone knew that boys could not become girls and girls could not become boys.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom's too little, too late COVID moment
California Gov. Gavin Newsom told CNN's Jake Tapper during a totally staged fly-fishing interview -- just two dudes hashing out the world's problems while tossing a line in the water, LOL! -- that he regretted closing beaches during COVID because it was an "insane" policy.
Trump and the press boycott each other
We are back in the children's sandbox. President Trump has banned CNN, MS Now and Politico from covering him.
