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By Rich Lowry Syndicated Columnist It feels like 2013 again. Back then, a beleaguered Republican Speaker of the House was forced into a government shutdown by firebrands in his caucus who considered him insufficiently pure. … [Read more...] about Fiscal hawks never get a win

By Rich Lowry Syndicated Columnist DEI is a bad idea whose time came with a vengeance several years ago, but now its continued ascendancy is in doubt. Perhaps the most important event this year outside of the presidential election … [Read more...] about The intellectual collapse of DEI

By Rich Lowry Syndicated Columnist Trans moralism is killing the Democrats "How dare you say that" isn't a persuasive political argument. Yet the side that has believed it can bully its way to victory on cultural issues by … [Read more...] about Trans moralism kills Dems

By Rich Lowry Syndicated Columnist The Harris campaign is a testament to the toxicity of woke politics We've passed the peak of woke politics in the U.S., and the Harris for president campaign was the leading indicator. Of all the … [Read more...] about The toxicity of ‘Woke’ ideas

By Rich Lowry Syndicated Columnis There used to be a time when Republican elected officials and candidates shied away from talking about trans issues. They didn't want to appear extreme or intolerant. Why bother wading into a … [Read more...] about GOP winning trans debate

By Rich Lowry Syndicated Columnist Dockworkers for economic stagnation It's the processing gate that roared. APM Terminals at the Port of Mobile in Alabama uses a semi-automated gate to process trucks without union labor, and … [Read more...] about Dockworkers for stagnation

By Rich Lowry Syndicated Columnist Thank you, Caitlin Clark I called a long-time friend the other day, a fellow sports fan, to catch up, and we spent the first 20 minutes talking about women's professional basketball. … [Read more...] about Caitlin Clark and the WNBA

By Rich Lowry Syndicated Columnist What happened to national honor? Famously, a message from President Theodore Roosevelt's Secretary of State, John Hay, electrified the 1904 Republican convention: "This Government wants Perdicaris … [Read more...] about Where is our National honor?

By Rich Lowry Syndicated Columnist Never mind. If you thought cracking down on price gouging was a key element of the Kamala Harris economic program -- because she said as much in her economic speech a couple of weeks ago -- it … [Read more...] about The ‘price gouging’ walk-back