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The Supreme Court gave us a start yesterday, with what looked, at first glance, like a win for Trump's efforts to suppress mail-in ballots. But, as Andrew Egger explained, that isn't quite what happened. In broad outline, the Court stayed a lower court injunction while the legality of Trump's attempted interference will be decided later. It ...Read more

Last April, the Federal Communications Commission announced that it was reviewing the broadcast licenses held by ABC's eight network-owned TV stations years before they were scheduled for renewal. The FCC had not conducted an early review of any broadcast license in more than half a century, and it had never done so simultaneously for all the ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- A lot of politicians hate it when someone reminds them of a position they used to have but no longer do.

Columnists can't be so sensitive. Take it from someone who has published more than 3 million words: It's flattering when someone quotes your thoughts and opinions back to you.

That's true even when they're tweaking you. That,...Read more

Younger generations are driving an old-fashioned comeback: handwritten letters.

According to Business Insider, Gen Z and millennials, tired of the emptiness of digital life, are driving a full-blown letter-writing renaissance.

They’re joining snail-mail and pen-pal clubs. They’re writing to old friends. They’re trading pen-pal addresses ...Read more

During the opening week of the fall semester, I had the honor of giving the convocation remarks for The Ohio State University's Lima campus incoming freshman class. It was a perfect autumn morning, even though I still find northwest Ohio a little nippy during this time of year. The students were engaged, appearing eager to get college underway...Read more

Todd Blanche was Donald Trump's personal attorney, so it was natural that when he was elevated to attorney general, a journalist asked whether he would "pledge that the Justice Department will always act independently of the White House?"

The correct answer to such a question is obvious: The Justice Department and I are committed to the ...Read more

Last June, two investigators employed by the Department of Homeland Security showed up at David Streever's house in Rochester, New York. Streever was not home, so they left him a note.

That note, presented as an official warning from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is at the center of a First Amendment lawsuit that Streever filed last ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- In politics, biography is destiny. It can also be deceiving.

Just look at the California gubernatorial race. During the primary, I described the whole affair as "cursed." In May, New York Magazine called the race "an unholy mess."

From that mess emerged two imperfect candidates.

In one corner, we have Xavier Becerra -- the 68-...Read more

Just one year shy of its 20th anniversary, the iPhone, and the other electronic devices we use daily, sure have changed modern life — and not all for the better.

What we gained

CNET features 17 products that are now obsolete in our digital world, such as paper maps.

I remember my dad getting lost on the way to Ocean City, Md., every summer ...Read more

My church in Columbus, Ohio, Vision of Breath with Life Ministries, hosts an annual back-to-school giveaway in August on the far east side of town, in the Leawood neighborhood. The need for assistance with school supplies, clothing and food in this area is great, as the poverty rate is just over 18%. Parents of school-age children living in ...Read more

It was already one of the most clownish (if sinister) moments in the Trump administration -- the Department of Justice actually brought criminal charges against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn for sabotaging the president's big, beautiful reflecting pool. It then dropped them for legal reasons that amounted to: "We screwed up."

But now we...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- There is a lot that Democrats don't know. They don't know who to be, or how to act. They don't know which policies to support or oppose. They don't how to woo voters and win elections. And they don't know what they want, or how to be grateful for what they have.

Other than that, Democrats are in great shape.

Their saving grace ...Read more

Second Amendment groups applauded last week after a federal judge in Texas ruled that several national firearm regulations were unconstitutional. But the decision did not hinge on gun rights. Rather, it affirmed a broader principle: The federal government's powers are limited to those explicitly granted by the Constitution.

The case involved ...Read more

American entrepreneurs are beginning to flourish again.

According to Dictionary.com, an entrepreneur is a “person who starts, organizes and operates a business, taking on financial risks in the hope of making a profit.”

What’s good for the American entrepreneur is good for America.

The Engine of American Prosperity

Entrepreneurs and ...Read more

For the past several years, I have enjoyed viewing friends' photos on Facebook of their children heading back to school. Many now have children in college, while some still have kids in high school. My friends often post their kindergarten or elementary school pictures next to the current photos to proudly show how much their children have ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- Who's afraid of the big, bad word? If that word happens to be "socialist" or "socialism," the answer seems to be fewer and fewer Americans.

Demographic profiles count for a lot. If you're white, conservative and over the age of 50, you probably hear "democratic socialism" and think it means higher taxes, more government control ...Read more