5+ day, 41+ min ago  (565+ words) An elementary school in Louisville, Kentucky, sits on land that was once the Farmington hemp plantation. That fact gutted me as I stood before "Childhood Interrupted," an art installation depicting enslaved children on the lawn of the historic home. My…...

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5+ day, 41+ min ago  (387+ words) Writer and philosopher Ayn Rand was often accused of inventing cartoonish villains. Rogues like Ellsworth Toohey in "The Fountainhead" would scheme to seize the global economy's commanding heights in pursuit of a distorted sense of justice. But the people who…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago  (738+ words) A president orders the onset of hostilities " war " without authorization of Congress and without much in the way of making a case with the public. His troops win important victories and decapitate large parts of the government of the enemy....

5+ day, 4+ hour ago  (552+ words) Creators Syndicate Donald Trump has been the greatest, most clear-eyed and most transformative foreign policy president of my lifetime But Trump is also the famed businessman who wrote "The Art of the Deal" four decades ago There has therefore always…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (686+ words) Trustees of the Social Security program just issued their annual report. Each year, the picture of the program's solvency is dismal. But this year it's even worse. Rather than falling short in 2033, as reported last year, this year the shortfall…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago  (66+ words) Creators Syndicate Grammar Matters for Jun 17, 2026 Like it? Share it! A daily advice column that harkens back to Anne Landers' signature style. Writer and mother Annie Lane writes in a voice that's sympathetic, funny and firm, offering common-sense solutions to…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago  (538+ words) I think the time has come to revisit a column of mine published Feb. 18, 2026. Titled "Some Hard Choices For Iran's Ayatollah Theologians," the essay sketched a military operation to attack, seize and, possibly, occupy the Iranian Persian Gulf port of…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago  (395+ words) Anyone could have predicted that the elitist snobs would lose their minds over the White House hosting a UFC event on President Donald Trump's birthday, led by Lawrence O'Donnell wailing about the "despicable vulgarity" of the whole thing. But the…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (512+ words) Even if President Donald Trump's White House ballroom project is illegal, the Justice Department argued last week, federal courts are powerless to stop it. That assertion was consistent with Trump's general attitude toward judicial review, which he considers legitimate only…...