opinion

Beyond misperception: A renewed Korean democracy and a renewed alliance

It has been a turbulent yet inspiring year for Koreans. A declaration of martial law last winter plunged the nation into uncertainty, but what followed was not chaos – it was the reaffirmation of a people’s unshakable faith in democracy. The “Revolution of Light,” culminating in the peaceful election of …

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Baltimore's poverty machine thrives while the poor stay trapped

After six weeks of walking from New York City on my Walk Across America, I’ve arrived in Baltimore. This city is one of contrasts. On one side, you have the beautiful Inner Harbor with its shops and eateries; on the other, the rowhouses of Sandtown-Winchester and the public housing towers …

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BRET BAIER: Teddy Roosevelt's powerful lessons — strength, duty, country

PROGRAMMING ALERT: Bret Baier’s Fox Nation series on the storied life of Teddy Roosevelt is now available to stream on Fox Nation and the Fox Nation app. Teddy Roosevelt looked into the American heart and declared it good. And America looked at Roosevelt and saw its greatness reflected back. To …

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SEN DICK DURBIN: Democrats fighting to protect healthcare while Trump, Republicans play shutdown games

Starting next year, my constituent, Tammy of Woodhull, Illinois, will see her healthcare premiums rise by nearly $600 per month. Ingrid, of Springfield, is a disabled retiree currently battling cancer. She now faces a tough choice: pay $1,400 a month in premiums and copays and cut back on other essentials …

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Should all 50 states eliminate income tax? Understanding the real trade-offs

During the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of Americans packed up and moved — chasing sunshine, freedom and, let’s be honest, a lower tax bill. Fleeing from New York to Florida and California to Texas, one thing has become clear over the past five years. People decide where to live in part …

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DAVID MARCUS: LA museum’s desecration of Confederate statues is pure barbarism

Before the iconoclastic chaos of 2020, when historic statues were toppled both legally and via riot, the debate over Confederate monuments was generally a respectful one. But today, as a new art exhibit in Los Angeles shows, the left has replaced respect with barbaric desecration. ‘Monuments’ is a new show …

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MIKE DAVIS: Why SCOTUS must affirm Trump's birthright citizenship order

In America, We The People are the sovereign citizens. Our sovereign power flows from God to us. We lend power to our federal and state governments through the loan agreement called the U.S. Constitution. This is radically different from Great Britain, from which we escaped, where the king or queen …

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Virginia’s obscene spectacle of a Democrat ‘mom’ candidate who isn’t family friendly

Abigail Spanberger, the Virginia Democrat gubernatorial candidate, really wants voters to know she has three daughters, and that should scare every Virginia mother and father straight to the polls. The girl mom crosses her heart that she’llput families first, even though sherefuses to pull her endorsementfrom attorney general candidate Jay …

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MORNING GLORY: Voices to know in Israel as Middle East enters a post-peace deal world

While Israel’s seven-front war raged for more than two years in the aftermath of the invasion of Israel by Hamas terrorists and thousands of other Gazans on October 7, 2023, many Americans of all political backgrounds, shocked and appalled by the massacre and the mayhem, were desperate for English-language Israeli …

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The big money takeover is wrecking college sports. It doesn't have to be that way

College sports are being re-engineered in real time — not by coaches, campus leaders or even Congress, but by hedge funds. The Big Ten is advancing a multibillion-dollar private-capital deal that would spin up a new commercial arm, extend control of media rights through 2046, give investors a say in …

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