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By Rich Lowry Syndicated Columnist It's hard to imagine more humiliating images than what we've seen in Afghanistan in recent weeks, from the hasty evacuation of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul to the chaotic scenes outside the airport. … [Read more...] about Nation’s decline is overstated

By Rich Lowry Syndicated Columnist Talk about a catastrophic success. The Biden administration wants credit for the Afghanistan evacuation as measured by the sheer number of people it flew out amid a security and humanitarian crisis … [Read more...] about No, Joe, it wasn’t a success!

By Rich Lowry Syndicated Columnist Poor Ron Klain. It’s not a good sign when a White House chief of staff to a Democratic president wants to re-tweet favorable news coverage and all he can find is the least credible and most … [Read more...] about No spinning Afghan debacle

By Rich Lowry Syndicated Columnist A trillion dollars used to be a lot of money, even in Washington. Now, a trillion-dollar spending bill is a trifle barely worth arguing over and the stuff of bipartisan consensus. Oscar … [Read more...] about Dems what a spending spree

If you wonder what Republicans are accomplishing in Washington, look no further than the Senate Armed Services committee, where a majority of them voted to create the predicate for drafting women into the military. Astonishingly, only five of … [Read more...] about Why women in the draft?

By Rich Lowry Syndicated Columnist So far, the bipartisan infrastructure deal is going through the normal life cycle of such proposals -- alive, dead, revived, uncertain. For Republicans, the best answer should be dead. They have … [Read more...] about Don’t help Dems on spending

By Rich Lowry Syndicated Columnist Joe Biden isn't known for his austerity, except when it comes to the nation's defense. As part of his welcome emphasis on competition with China, the president cajoled reluctant European countries … [Read more...] about China defense spending soars

By Rich Lowry Syndicated Columnist Joe Manchin is being pilloried for the offense of being consistent on the filibuster. Back in 2017, when Senate Democrats were desperate to stop Donald Trump's agenda, 33 of them, including … [Read more...] about Smearing Sen. Manchin

By Rich Lowry Syndicated Columnist The charge of apartheid is the new blood libel. As Hamas rains rockets down on Israel, members of the Squad in Congress and other left-wing enemies are using the occasion to amplify their … [Read more...] about Apartheid is blood libel

By Rich Lowry Syndicated Columnist Joe Biden has a New Deal for America's kids. He wants to spend more than $225 billion on child-care for infants and toddlers, and $200 billion for free, universal preschool for 3- and 4-year-olds. … [Read more...] about Biden’s child-care folly