What the elder Bush’s comeback teaches us today
(Aug. 14) Thirty-six years ago today, Republican presidential campaign manager Lee Atwater was in a ragingly foul mood as he awaited the next day’s start of the Republican National Convention. […]
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Hovering hurricane hellishness
(Aug. 16) MOBILE, Alabama — The dread, unspoken but real, starts growing along the Gulf Coast at this time of year. The dread isn’t helped when the first sentence of […]
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Gymnast Jordan Chiles should hold on to her bronze
(Aug. 16) Not since the time when officials outrageously gave the Soviet basketball team three chances to make the gold-medal-winning shot over the U.S. in 1972 has an Olympic medal […]
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Minnesota should have defeated Rep. Ilhan Omar
(Official Washington Examiner editorial, Aug. 12) Alas, Minnesota Democrats didn’t listen to reason; they re-nominated Rep. Ilhan Omar on Aug. 13. But this was what the Examiner wrote the day […]
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Nixon’s exit at 50, seen from two angles
Two columns, from very different standpoints, related to the 50th anniversary of President Nixon resigning from office. To read each full column, follow the link embedded in each headline. Speechwriter […]
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Both campaigns race to the bottom
Two Hillyer columns on bipartisan campaign malpractices. (To read each full column, follow the link embedded in each headline.) Walz is an even worse choice than Vance, Aug. 6: With […]
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Why GOP should listen to Biden on immunity amendment
(July 30) President Joe Biden’s proposed Supreme Court-related “reforms” are part of a broader, unseemly attack on judicial independence, but conservatives should welcome one of those initiatives anyway. Indeed, everyone […]
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Schumer stands in way of national security
(Official Washington Examiner editorial, July 29; not drafted by Hillyer) Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) should bring the Senate Armed Services Committee’s blueprint for the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act to the Senate […]
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Biden vs. pot, but only to erode gun rights
(Official Washington Examiner editorial, Aug. 3) On marijuana policy, even when the Biden administration faces facts, it uses them for the wrong purposes. As a result, Second Amendment gun rights are at risk. The thrust of […]
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Wistful for Olympics past
(July 25) As we watch the Olympic Games this year, some of us oldsters lament a sort of innocence and sense of wonder that has been lost in the past […]
