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Opinion

Almanac for Nov. 4, 2025

Columns

Today is Tuesday, Nov. 4, the 308th day of 2025. There are 57 days left in the year. Today in history: In 2008, Democratic Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois was elected the first Black president of the United States, defeating the Republican candidate, Sen. John McCain of Arizona. Also on this ...

Prices keep rising, but White House calls it a victory

Editorials

Is “three” the new “two?” Consumer prices notched another 3% year-on-year increase in September, according to data published from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. No one in Washington seems bothered that this remains well above the Federal Reserve’s 2% inflation target. The headline ...

Jailed in America for free speech

Columns

In the aftermath of the murder of Charlie Kirk, many folks who dared to express views of him and his work outside the mainstream lost their jobs, professional standing and State Department visas as they were fired or otherwise disciplined by employers or bureaucrats who concluded that anti-Kirk ...

Trump: China’s Xi says no action on Taiwan while he’s in office

Columns

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump says that Chinese President Xi Jinping has given him assurances that Beijing would take no action toward its long-stated goal of unifying Taiwan with mainland China while the Republican leader is in office. Trump said the long-contentious ...

Almanac for Nov. 3, 2025

Columns

Today is Monday, Nov. 3, the 307th day of 2025. There are 58 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1979, five Communist Workers Party members were killed in a clash with heavily armed Ku Klux Klansmen and neo-Nazis during an anti-Klan protest in Greensboro, North Carolina, in what ...