Whenever we have a national conversation about government debt, Democrats invariably respond that spending is not the reason the debt is now nearly equal to our national GDP. The real cause of our indebtedness, they inform us, is that taxes aren’t high enough and the rich don’t pay their ...

Ron DeSantis apparently wants to be president. His pitch rests on the “Florida blueprint,” the stuff he’s done as the state’s governor. But the assumption that the American majority wants much of the DeSantis program is shaky. It’s not even clear that Floridians do. A Pew poll has ...

w why, I vote you just let it go. Focus on yourself and your health. Lean on those in your circle who know, love and accept all of you. You said it best yourself; while it’s no doubt disappointing to learn why your former friends have turned their backs on you, you can feel confident knowing ...

Dear Annie: I’m potentially facing an aggressive and lethal type of cancer (esophageal), for which I’m being biopsied next week. I’ve known about this for just a few weeks. My former pastor and his wife were my friends, though there’s been a noticeable distance in the last year. They ...

In the year since the Supreme Court restored abortion policy to the status of a state’s political choice, the issue that for some 50 years poisoned political discourse has actually become ameliorative. By overturning Roe v. Wade, the court ignited a nationwide debate about a subject that, ...

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from Bakersfield, California, comes from central casting as a fraternity president. Trim looks, blue blazers, back slaps to the bros and affable, but vain and vapid. Fraternity parties are known for violent destruction the morning after they run ...