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Paul Brandus
Paul Brandus

Obama's maddening failure on gun control

On Boston, Obama rightly stayed on the sidelines. On gun control, that same strategy proved foolhardy

 
D.B. Grady
D.B. Grady

Boston is a tragedy, but it's not your tragedy

The violence on Monday was sickening. But unless you were actually there, it could not have "almost" happened to you

 
Paul Brandus
Paul Brandus

The lessons of Boston

Monday's tragic bombings were undeniably a terrorist attack. Now, let's learn from our post-9/11 mistakes

 
Edward Morrissey
Edward Morrissey

The willful disingenuousness of Obama's budget

And the rank dishonesty of congressional Democrats' vows to never cut entitlement programs

 
Matt K. Lewis
Matt K. Lewis

Why newspapers need to hire more Christians

For starters, it would help rebut conservative concerns about media bias

 
Paul Brandus
Paul Brandus

Why I like guns but hate the NRA

The gun-rights lobby shamelessly continues to peddle piles and piles of big fat lies

 
Edward Morrissey
Edward Morrissey

America's deadly parade of Middle East follies continues

Instead of being chastened by failure, President Obama seems intent on replicating our errors

 
Matt K. Lewis
Matt K. Lewis

Why is MSNBC aping George Orwell's villains?

Melissa Harris-Perry apparently thinks children belong to society rather than their families. Come on.

 
Paul Brandus
Paul Brandus

How the U.S. should deal with North Korea

Ambiguity has no place here; clarity, conviction, and a stealth bomber or two — that's the way to go

 
Edward Morrissey
Edward Morrissey

Marco Rubio is right: Don't rush immigration reform

Congress needs to open up the debate to the public

 
Daniel Larison
Daniel Larison

Marco Rubio's foreign policy: Blind, irrational, and dangerous

And somehow, this worldview still prevails among GOP leaders

 
Matt K. Lewis
Matt K. Lewis

The culture war was never a fair fight

For years, our society has trended toward an "if it feels right, do it" dogma — at the expense of virtue

 
Edward Morrissey
Edward Morrissey

Government should get out of the marriage business

And the Supreme Court certainly shouldn't overrule the will of the millions of California voters who backed Proposition 8

 
D.B. Grady
D.B. Grady

The Pentagon's bafflingly backward priorities

We can't afford to help veterans pay for school. We can afford missile defense systems that don't work. Brilliant!

 
Matt K. Lewis
Matt K. Lewis

Conservatives' federalism copout

Sure, it sounds great to shruggingly say, "Leave it to the states." But the big issues of our time are worth fighting for

 

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