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A man cleans up some 3,000 carnations, left to represent an estimated 3,000 abortions that occur in the U.S. daily, on the 46th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, outside the U.S. Supreme Court Building in Washington on Jan. 22, 2019,

The Supreme Court never should have intervened on abortion

May 31, 2019 at 4:22 p.m.

Supporters of abortion rights are fond of saying that Roe v. Wade is "settled law." The phrase is supposed to convey a finality that borders on irrevocability. But, of course,...

A male greater prairie chicken performs his spring mating display at Prairie Ridge State Natural Area outside Newton, Ill., on April 22, 2019. The species has not been doing so well.

Just admit it! You don’t care about other species!

May 31, 2019 at 4:23 p.m.

Look, let's abandon this charade, all right? I understand: You do not give a ring-tailed lemur's posterior about the majority of life on Earth. I fully get it. Believe me,...

A monitor displays the day's numbers as traders work ahead of the closing bell on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on May 13, 2019. U.S. markets were down sharply following an announcement by China that they plan to raise tariffs on $60 billion worth of U.S. goods.

Why Democrats are mum about Trump’s trade failures

May 31, 2019 at 4:19 p.m.

Markets crashing, farmers suffering, allies seething, manufacturing workers fretting about their job security. These were all foreseeable consequences of President Donald Trump's trade wars, which escalated in the past week...

People stand outside their cars as they observe two minutes of silence as sirens sound in Tel Aviv, Israel, on May 8, 2019. Israelis came to a two-minute standstill to remember fallen soldiers and victims of terror as the country marked Memorial Day.

‘Deal of the century’ aside, what is the Israeli-Palestinian endgame?

May 31, 2019 at 4:26 p.m.

At 8 p.m. on Tuesday, all activity paused throughout much of Jerusalem. Cars pulled over, and people stood still as air-raid sirens sounded across the city to signal the beginning...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., center, and other Republican senators listen to a reporter's question following a Senate policy luncheon April 30, 2019, in Washington.

In the voice of Mitch McConnell: Case closed!

May 31, 2019 at 4:20 p.m.

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me, Mitch McConnell, your ears! I come to bury Robert Mueller, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives on cable, whereas the good...

Anti-abortion lawmakers hold a news conference outside the Capitol in Washington on March 13, 2019. Democrats have held back GOP efforts to place greater restrictions on abortion.

‘Heartbeat bills’ are wholesome provocations in abortion debate

May 31, 2019 at 4:24 p.m.

While constitutional lawyers, ethicists and theologians — in descending order of importance in the abortion debate — have been arguing in the 46 years since the Supreme Court attempted to...

Attorney General William Barr testifies on the Mueller report during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on May 1, 2019, in Washington.

The Barr hearing was much ado about nothing

May 31, 2019 at 4:24 p.m.

If Shakespeare had titled Attorney General William Barr's appearance on Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, he would have called it "Much Ado About Nothing." Democrats seized on the supposed...

Students protest before a speaking engagement by Ben Shapiro, a conservative commentator, on the campus of the University of California at Berkeley in 2017.

Meet your new woke inquisitors, same as the old ones

May 31, 2019 at 4:23 p.m.

Middlebury College in Vermont kicked off this year's college disinvitation season on April 17, canceling a speech by anti-liberal Polish philosopher Ryszard Legutko hours before his scheduled talk. The success...

Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden waves goodbye after stopping at Gianni's Pizza in Wilmington Del., on April 25, 2019.

Joe Biden might offer a restful break for weary voters

May 31, 2019 at 4:22 p.m.

Three days before Joe Biden dove back into the deep end of the political pool, a rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said the terrorist who bombed the 2013 Boston Marathon,...

Former Vice President Joe Biden arrives at a train station on April 25, 2019 in Wilmington, Del., the same day he announced his candidacy for president.

You have to think about electability

May 31, 2019 at 4:21 p.m.

Let me begin by stating that I, personally, have no problems with any of the candidates. I am excited by all of them. So excited. Super excited and not even...

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