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Opinion

Australia’s dangerous naivete

Columns

The Bondi Beach attack in Australia was shocking, but not at all surprising. Some of the details were distinctive — an idyllic spot on the Pacific Ocean instantly turned into a killing field, a father-son terror squad — but the basic picture of a radicalized Muslim immigrant targeting a ...

Smith says team had ‘powerful evidence’ against Trump

Columns

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith told lawmakers in a closed-door interview Wednesday that his team of investigators "developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt" that President Donald Trump had criminally conspired to over the results of the 2020 election, ...

Almanac for Dec. 18, 2025

Columns

Today is Thursday, Dec. 18, the 352nd day of 2025. There are 13 days left in the year. Today in history: In 2019, the U.S. House impeached President Donald Trump on two charges, sending his case to the Senate for trial (It was the first of two Trump impeachment trials that would end in ...

What does Trump’s $12B farmers’ bailout say about his tariffs?

Editorials

Suppose someone randomly walks up to you, cuts you with a knife — and then offers you a bandage. You might accept the bandage but would you be grateful about it? Stretch the parable a little: Suppose the bandage wasn’t nearly big enough for the wound? Serious economists left, right and ...

The (non-Christmas) lists

Columns

‘Tis the season. No, not that season. It’s the season for end-of-year lists. Time magazine, which, like so much in print journalism has suffered from a loss of readers, has published its annual list called the “most influential people of 2025.” The list includes “Artists, Innovators, ...