Wyatt Emmerich: Mississippi River disaster
When a man who saved six billion dollars for Mississippi ratepayers talks, it’s a good idea to listen.
Other Editors: Holding the Senate matters more than defeating Bill Cassidy
President Trump proved again Saturday that he can crush Republican dissenters by helping to defeat Sen. Bill Cassidy in a Louisiana primary. The question is to what end?
Froma Harrop: Children are now running our big cities
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani earned national attention in a not-good way when he recorded himself in front of Ken Griffin’s Manhattan home revealing the billionaire’s address. He tapped the lens in a threatening manner and said guys like Griffin are going to pay more taxes.
Daniel McCarthy: Democrats face midterm disappointment
As they look to the midterm elections, Republicans have reason to worry — but not despair.
Brett Montague and Graham D. Bodie: In many ways, political tension is the American story
In the winter of 1777 and 1778, while the Continental Army suffered through the brutal conditions of Valley Forge, a political effort emerged to remove George Washington from Army leadership.
Bobby Harrison: Gov. Reeves recognizes redistricting’s pitfalls for the GOP
Republican Gov. Tate Reeves ignored intense pressure and announced recently he was canceling an upcoming legislative special session where it was speculated that he would try to redraw Mississippi’s four congressional districts with the intent of eliminating a majority-Black district held by longtime Rep. Bennie Thompson.
Veronique de Rugy: When businessmen enter the beltway, it’s business as usual
Something strange is happening in Washington. A generation of investors and entrepreneurs who built careers championing private capital and intuitively understood the power of market discipline and limited government have joined the Trump administration, taking charge of hundreds of billions of dollars of other people’s money. They assure us that they are deploying it strategically, with accountability and a businessperson’s rigor.
Marc Dion: Digging to China
My ancestors, and by that I mean one or two generations ago, intersected with Chinese culture in three ways.
Other Editors: Iran thinks Trump is bluffing
Days late and tons of enriched uranium short, Iran’s regime rejected the U.S. peace offer on Sunday and replied with unserious demands. On Monday President Trump called Iran’s counteroffer a “piece of garbage” that leaves the cease-fire “on massive life support — where the doctor walks in and says, ‘Sir, your loved one has approximately a 1% chance of living.’”
Froma Harrop: There’s a reason some populist views are popular
The British election should serve as a warning to Democrats who let their left fringe run riot with scant criticism. Too many Democratic strategists and friends in the progressive media read the noise coming from the far left as evidence of broader public opinion than warranted, even among Democrats. Then come voting day, turned-off moderates make them lose.
Veronique de Rugy: Our savings matter, but this vipartisan push misses the mark
President Donald Trump and Congress want to help you increase your savings. And you should. At the household level, saving is the foundation of financial security and the seed capital for a better retirement. At the economy-wide level, savings fund investment that expands the capital stock, raises wages and grows the economy. A society that does not save is a society slowly consuming its future.
David McRae: MPACT season closes May 31
Like many parents, I know my kids are excited for summer break. But before we get there, May is also an important reminder to prepare for the future and make smart financial decisions for the next generation.
Bobby Harrison: Is Delbert Hosemann’s performance in the Legislature based on perception or reality?
A perception exists that Republican Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann is often outflanked and defeated in policy disputes at the Mississippi Capitol.
Sean of the South: The Blind Coonhound
My granddaddy said you can tell a lot about a person by the way they treat a dog. Someone who treats a dog badly, is a bad person. A person who treats a dog with regard and deference is a good egg.
Froma Harrop: FDA has spoken on the abortion pill. Case closed.
The Supreme Court has just restored a woman’s ability to obtain the abortion pill by mail without first seeing a medical provider, at least for now.
Other Editors: How to stop the race to the bottom on gerrymandering
Florida was supposed to be the finale of this year’s race to the bottom on redistricting. Yet a cacophonous encore is now playing across the South after a Supreme Court ruling last week.
Daniel McCarthy: The Silenced Generation
Are America’s college students doing to themselves what the Chinese Communist state does to its citizens?
Mona Charen: The real king schools the would-be king
I’ve always been both a small-r republican and an Anglophile, so I looked upon the British monarchy with at least a pinch of smug superiority.
Marc Dion: $4.39 a gallon and a $6 breakfast
The kid behind the counter, a kid with strong black dreads fountaining out of the top of his visor, says “That’ll be $6.42.”
Froma Harrop: The ballroom amounts to taxpayer abuse
Some years ago, I was president of an organization called the Association of Opinion Journalists. Every year we would run a convention in a different city and end it with a celebration in the hotel’s ballroom space. Our speaker on that closing night was usually some well-known political opinionator.
Reese and Valincius earn USA Baseball invites
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