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Don't glamorize Vance Boelter's pathetic reasoning.

"America needs an immediate, bipartisan review of our country's current posture and capability to prevent terrorist threats," Ben Weisbuch writes.

"How can a democratic socialist become the frontrunner to become mayor of New York? The same way a reality TV host and controversial billionaire can become president of the United States," columnist Aaron Brown writes.

"The Trump administration's cuts and gutting of wilderness areas will have long-term effects, so much so that outside forces are relying on the public more than they ever have before to help offset the costs of Boundary Waters upkeep," Caroline ...

"The lesson here is simple: Major in what you love, not what you think will get you a job," David M. Perry writes.

Trump doesn't need me to say it, but well done.

"At a minimum, Councilor Erkel was incredibly naïve in her justification of her original post. Just like Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, she used the aftermath of an incendiary political tragedy to share a half-baked conspiracy theory that explained the ...

"Apart from the animal deaths, the laboratory exercises also kill that part of the student's ethical sense that calls for compassion," Clark Gustafson and Neal Barnard write. "It seemed that this once-great institution, where Hubert Humphrey taught . ...

"While federal lawmakers still have time to make a critical fix to offset steep price hikes for 2026 coverage, the window of opportunity to add a commonsense solution to the 'Big Beautiful Bill' before final passage is closing swiftly," columnist ...

Where is our third branch of government?