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Cutting close to home

WASHINGTON — Let me count the ways. Donald Trump excels at close to homebroadsides against bright places and people that burnish our world. But now, it’s getting personal. Trump is stealing what I hold dear. I’m not even speaking of press freedom or his suing CBS News, where I loved ...

You’ve got to be taught to hate

WASHINGTON — While contemplating the horror of two young and soon to be engaged Israeli Embassy employees who were gunned down by a man shouting “free Palestine” and “I did it for Gaza,” outside the Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., last week, I recalled the opening line to a song ...

Almanac

By The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, May 27, the 147th day of 2025. There are 218 days left in the year. Today in history: On May 27, 1937, the newly completed Golden Gate Bridge connecting San Francisco and Marin County, California, was opened to pedestrian traffic (vehicles began ...

‘Globalize the Intifada’ and the Evils of Left-Wing Political Violence

WASHINGTON — Actions, we know, have consequences. And a committed Marxist’s cold-blooded murder of two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington, D.C. Wednesday night was the natural and inevitable consequence of a conscientious, yearslong campaign to dehumanize Jews and otherize all ...

The Digital Equity Act tried to close the digital divide

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — One program distributes laptops in rural Iowa. Another helped people get back online after Hurricane Helene washed away computers and phones in western North Carolina. Programs in Oregon and rural Alabama teach older people, including some who have never touched a ...