In Bloomberg Opinion, I argue that it’s time to push back against the increasing tendency of presidents to govern by decree: “Biden has spent more time in Congress than any president in U.S. history. It would be fitting if his time as president moved the country partway toward restoring the proper role of the first branch of the federal government.”
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What Now for Trump’s Border Wall?
The verdict on the U.S.–Mexico border wall President Trump promised to construct is decidedly mixed as the year comes to a close.
The “big, beautiful wall,” as Trump referred to it, reached 400 miles in length by the end of October, when the Department of Homeland Security held a ceremony hailing the ...
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What Now for Trump’s Border Wall?
The verdict on the U.S.–Mexico border wall President Trump promised to construct is decidedly mixed as the year comes to a close.
The “big, beautiful wall,” as Trump referred to it, reached 400 miles in length by the end of October, when the Department of Homeland Security held a ceremony hailing the ...
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Third Circuit Rejects Trump Campaign’s Appeal of Biden’s Pennsylvania Win
As we expected, the Third Circuit federal appellate court on Friday rejected the Trump campaign’s appeal of Judge Matthew Brann’s dismissal of its post-election challenge in Pennsylvania. The three-judge panel’s 21-page opinion, emphatically upholding Judge Brann’s decision last Saturday, was penned by ...
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Third Circuit Rejects Trump Campaign’s Appeal of Biden’s Pennsylvania Win
As we expected, the Third Circuit federal appellate court on Friday rejected the Trump campaign’s appeal of Judge Matthew Brann’s dismissal of its post-election challenge in Pennsylvania. The three-judge panel’s 21-page opinion, emphatically upholding Judge Brann’s decision last Saturday, was penned by ...
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Fox News Ratings Tumble as Trump Supports Other Networks
The dip came after President Trump retweeted support for its rival news networks.
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Fox News Ratings Tumble as Trump Supports Other Networks
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Time for Hard Choices on Federal Drug Enforcement
With controversy over the 2020 election still stirring, a notable development has escaped much attention. Not only has the national trend toward legalizing marijuana continued, a Rubicon has been crossed: Oregon adopted a ballot initiative that decriminalizes the possession of hard narcotics, including heroin, ...
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Time for Hard Choices on Federal Drug Enforcement
With controversy over the 2020 election still stirring, a notable development has escaped much attention. Not only has the national trend toward legalizing marijuana continued, a Rubicon has been crossed: Oregon adopted a ballot initiative that decriminalizes the possession of hard narcotics, including heroin, ...
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Three Cheers for the Quiet Ones
People often dismiss shy, quiet characters in literature. Readers prefer to identify with Jo March, Elizabeth Bennett, or Anne Shirley -- those delightful, bold, and charming characters who made a deep impression on us when we first encountered them. While there’s nothing wrong with emulating or admiring these ...
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Three Cheers for the Quiet Ones
People often dismiss shy, quiet characters in literature. Readers prefer to identify with Jo March, Elizabeth Bennett, or Anne Shirley -- those delightful, bold, and charming characters who made a deep impression on us when we first encountered them. While there’s nothing wrong with emulating or admiring these ...
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Elderly Woman Euthanized to Avoid Anguish of Lockdown Loneliness
An elderly Canadian woman was killed by her doctor because she would rather be dead than go through another COVID lockdown. When it looked like she would have to be confined to her room for two weeks, she asked for -- and received -- the lethal jab due to declining mental health and vitality. From the CTV ...
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Elderly Woman Euthanized to Avoid Anguish of Lockdown Loneliness
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Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy at Ten
Kanye West. The words alone are charged nowadays -- and have been for some time. Few other figures in public life have such a record of fame and infamy -- often at the same time -- in the 21st century as this highly visible musician. He continues to find new ways to keep himself in the headlines, as in recent ...
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Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy at Ten
Kanye West. The words alone are charged nowadays -- and have been for some time. Few other figures in public life have such a record of fame and infamy -- often at the same time -- in the 21st century as this highly visible musician. He continues to find new ways to keep himself in the headlines, as in recent ...
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New England Journal of Medicine Pushes Reparations
Reparations would grant African Americans government benefits not paid to other Americans to rectify the awful sin of slavery and the "peculiar institution's" residual harm. It is a favored policy of hard progressives, so of course, the New England Journal of Medicine -- which regularly promotes left-wing causes ...
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New England Journal of Medicine Pushes Reparations
Reparations would grant African Americans government benefits not paid to other Americans to rectify the awful sin of slavery and the "peculiar institution's" residual harm. It is a favored policy of hard progressives, so of course, the New England Journal of Medicine -- which regularly promotes left-wing causes ...
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Monumental Misdirection at the Mellon Foundation
Most monuments are boringly bad, aesthetically mediocre, and engaging mostly when pigeons, unimpressed by great causes or men, do what pigeons do to outdoor art. Their judgments are ecumenical and evacuational.
Pigeons also would probably disagree with me on one point. We have too many monuments. You’d think ...
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Monumental Misdirection at the Mellon Foundation
Most monuments are boringly bad, aesthetically mediocre, and engaging mostly when pigeons, unimpressed by great causes or men, do what pigeons do to outdoor art. Their judgments are ecumenical and evacuational.
Pigeons also would probably disagree with me on one point. We have too many monuments. You’d think ...
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Pompeo Rejects the ‘America Alone’ Narrative
President Trump’s combative and defiant brand of nationalism enraged his critics — some within his own administration — as much as it buoyed his base. The narrative, which calcified to a stubborn degree these past four years, was that he coddled adversaries and cold-shouldered allies, leaving America ...
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Pompeo Rejects the ‘America Alone’ Narrative
President Trump’s combative and defiant brand of nationalism enraged his critics — some within his own administration — as much as it buoyed his base. The narrative, which calcified to a stubborn degree these past four years, was that he coddled adversaries and cold-shouldered allies, leaving America ...
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