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Cassie McClure: Marking time in an unceremonious world

The hot take that floated into my inbox this week was that resolutions are passe. Apparently, thinking about "next year" is outdated. We're in this grind of time and marking it arbitrarily doesn't matter. But, really, we time-travel constantly. It's one of the best things about being ...

Terrence P. Jeffrey: Another year, another $2 trillion in debt

Just two weeks after he was sworn into office, former President Ronald Reagan went on national television to address the American people about what he perceived to be a dire problem. It was the national debt. "The federal budget is out of control, and we face runaway deficits of almost $80 ...

Armstrong Williams: The danger of Nick Fuentes’ ideology

Nick Fuentes is often described as dangerous not because he is merely provocative but because his rhetoric and worldview actively undermine the moral foundations of a pluralistic democracy and the credibility of any political movement that tolerates him. His record of racist, antisemitic and ...

Cal Thomas: An old and a new year

"What's past is prologue" wrote William Shakespeare in "The Tempest," a thought profound enough to be engraved on the National Archives building in Washington. As America prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, a blip on history's ledger compared to many other nations, we would do well ...

Mona Charen: Respect or Fear?

In the course of his losing race with the teleprompter during his Oval Office address on Dec. 17, President Donald Trump returned to a theme that obsesses him — respect. Even before his entry into politics, Trump was convinced that "weak" leaders including Reagan, Bush, Clinton and Obama ...