On Tuesday I watched Hawaii Sen. Mazie Hirono question Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett on TV. Hirono asked Judge Barrett two disgusting questions. First, whether Judge Barrett had ever sexually assaulted anyone; second, whether she had ever entered into a settlement for sexual assaulting someone. These questions were asked without any basis to support them. Judge Barrett denied them, not unexpectedly.
While the Judge Barrett hearing is not at all like the car wreck the Democrats arranged with Justice Kavanaugh, they still can't resist making fools of themselves.
The destinies of the Czech Republic and Taiwan have never been more intertwined.
President Trump's foreign policy is a sharp and distinct departure from the staid and failed approaches of past administrations, most notably that of President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.
The Supreme Court is not only the third branch of government, it is an indispensable part of America's separation of powers.
The unmentioned "it" is the national debt, which days ago reached $27 trillion and continues to grow like an untreated tumor on the economic body of the nation.
A hallmark of the Trump administration has been the removal of U.S. military forces from foreign wars where the nation has no serious strategic interest, and has made remaining forces from Afghanistan a key focus.
Why won't Democratic presidential candidate Joseph R. Biden answer the simple question about whether he is in favor or opposed to packing the Supreme Court?
Polling is a science. It depends on randomly sampled participants, but there is nothing random about the formulas used to assure the statistics are accurate and meaningful.
President Trump released his America First Healthcare Plan last month, yet judging by the lack of media coverage, you'd be forgiven if you missed it.
What if massive numbers of us make these decisions on our own? What if the governors' edicts don't really carry the force of law?
In the 21st century, hallmark American and international institutions have lost much of their prestige and respect.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Robert Redfield just issued a quiet warning of possible COVID-19 case hikes during Thanksgiving festivities. Memo to CDC: Enough. Stay out of Thanksgiving. And don't even think of getting involved in Christmas.
Tripadvisor lists as number one of 22 things to do in Dixon, Illinois, a visit to Ronald Reagan's boyhood home. But it's closed due to the coronavirus. And more than that, it's in trouble, financially speaking.
The world ranking would suggest it's a lost year. Koepka started the year at No. 1 and became the fourth player since the ranking began in 1986 to start at No. 1 and fall out of the top 10. The others were Greg Norman in 1998 (shoulder surgery), Tiger Woods in 2014 (back surgery) and Jason Day in 2017.
In his renowned 1785 pamphlet "Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments," James Madison described religious liberty as not only "a right towards men" but also "a duty towards the Creator," and a "duty ... precedent both in order of time and degree of obligation, to the claims of Civil Society."
For the better part of a year, Americans have narrowed their focus to the immediate task of saving themselves from the scourge of the deadly coronavirus. The threat of disease is still potent, but the approach of a quadrennial presidential election necessitates a wider scope of awareness. From afar, an angry Iran continues to glare westward. As millions of U.S. voters sit with pen in hand to fill out their mail-in ballots, they should ponder whether they could be also signing off on a renewed Iranian quest for nuclear arms.
Daniel N. Hoffman's piece, "Don't believe Putin's lies in Navalny poisoning" (Web, Oct. 8), repeats a lot of waffle and one-sided stories from international agencies about Russia. But what really got me was Mr. Hoffman's driving comment at the top of the op-ed: "The U.S. and its allies must not sacrifice principle to do business with a brutal regime" (meaning Russia). To enlighten Mr. Hoffman, the U.S. has sacrificed many principles on the altar of business.
I am an admirer of many of Donald Trump's policies (but not always of the man). I recently received an email containing this mock news release: "President Donald Trump has COVID-19. Our thoughts and prayers are with the virus at this difficult time." It brought to mind Abraham Lincoln's famous quote: "It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues."
It's been said before going into other elections: "This is the most critical election in our lifetime." What if this time it's true?
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