Mission Impossible: Sent to broker progress on Iran, Vice President JD Vance arrives in Islamabad for 21 hours of talks that ended in an impasse, on April 11, 2026. Credit: Associated Press Last week, ...

Comparing Trump to Hitler is considered facile, a trivialization of genocide. But their rises to power are frighteningly similar.

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I was most fortunate to meet Dolly Parton in Nashville last summer. With apologies to Shakespeare, “death shall not brag she wandered in his shade.” Her uniquely American story will live on. I ...

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The U.S. national debt recently surpassed $40 trillion. Reining it in is the only way to achieve progressive goals.

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It is appropriate that Hollywood has become reliant on sequels and remakes. Americans love nostalgia, returning to the familiar. The current remake that is all the rage in political culture is the ...