Opinion Columns

I'll Have the Steak and Eggs: A Political Parable
Marc Dion, Feb. 18, 2019
Forty years ago, in one of those Midwestern cities where flat avenues end in clusters of convenience stores, I worked as a janitor. There

A Request for Most of the Democratic Presidential Candidates: Go Home
Steve Chapman, Feb. 17, 2019
In youth sports, each season ends up with participation trophies handed out so everyone feels like a winner. In the Democratic presidential campaign, I propose to hand out participation trophies at the beginning so the sure losers can get out of the race immediately, if not sooner. At the

The Democrats' Anti-Semitism Problem Isn't Going Away
David Harsanyi, Feb. 15, 2019
Anti-Semitic conspiracy theorist and Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar — someone who had previously argued that Jews hypnotized the world regarding their "evil" deeds — recently claimed that Americans only support Israel because of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's "Benjamins" — and then retweeted a person pointing out that she might as well call all Jews "hook-nosed." Thoug