Opinion
Al Gore and the Davos of yesterday
Eleven years ago, 2,500 of the world’s elite, including Nobel laureate and former Vice President Al Gore, descended in Davos, Switzerland, to attend the World Economic Forum summit.
The Rand Paul flip-flop heard ‘round the nation
Sen. Rand Paul called for lawsuits against Google for hosting a video that falsely accused him of taking money from Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and for then refusing to remove the video when, as he put it, “paid trolls” spread the “ludicrous accusation” far and wide. This is a huge change of view.
Convenience expands to the abortion industry to the detriment of women and their babies
The current easy availability of chemical abortion pills is obviously fatal to babies, but also poses a significant health risk to mothers and makes light of what we should all agree is, at very least, a morally weighty decision.
An open letter to President Trump after year one
God spared you in Pennsylvania to return you to Pennsylvania Avenue.
Democrats immediately invent new ways to tax Virginians
It took Virginia Democrats exactly five days to look at a massive budget surplus and say, “You know what this state needs? Less money in the taxpayers’ pockets.”
Politics, not the electrical grid, stands as the top obstacle for data centers
Last week, President Trump publicly encouraged the PJM Interconnection to change its rules to encourage the building of more power plants.
Mitt Romney, Republican who wants to raise taxes
Congress is debating major funding bills that would avoid another of those phony government “shutdowns,” now scheduled for Jan. 30.
Bill comes due for U.S. companies with Muslim Brotherhood connections
The Treasury and State Department designations against three Muslim Brotherhood chapters are no foreign policy footnotes. They are warnings directed inward.
Europe furious (and clueless) over Greenland
Once again, Europe is furious. European Union officials are vowing a “coordinated response” to President Trump’s attempt to bring Denmark to the negotiating table over Greenland.
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Letter to the editor: Hospital systems are enriching themselves at our expense
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LOVERRO: Orioles show Nationals what an offseason should look like
The Orioles are hosting a question-and-answer session for fans Thursday at the historic Senator Theatre in Baltimore with new manager Craig Albernaz and new free agent slugger Pete Alonso. It's sold out.
Venezuela, Iran remain in deep turmoil without decisive regime change
Aristotle once said, "Well begun is half done." In respect to Venezuela and Iran, he might have said, "Half done is not yet begun."
The American police state has arrived
In recent days, the government in America has not only failed to protect the freedom of speech but also has attacked it.
