Commentary By Daniel McCarthy

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                            May 6, 2025Trump's Rumble on Sesame Street By Daniel McCarthy
President Donald Trump has fought plenty of political heavyweights, but now he's up against a foe far tougher than Hillary Clinton or Kamala Harris: Big Bird.

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                            April 29, 2025Don't Make Ukraine Another Vietnam By Daniel McCarthy
Fifty years ago on April 30, Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese, and the defeat was America's, too.

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                            April 22, 2025After Francis, Catholics Need a Populist Pope By Daniel McCarthy
Pope Francis was meant to be a pontiff for the age of globalization.

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                            April 15, 2025Is Luigi Mangione the Left's Donald Trump? By Daniel McCarthy
On CNN, approving of murder is hardly any worse than voting for Donald Trump.

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                            April 8, 2025Tariffs Are a Reason to Cut Taxes and Red Tape By Daniel McCarthy
   If there's one thing supporters and opponents of President Donald Trump's tariffs should agree on, it's the need to unchain prosperity at home while international trade is in flux.

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                            April 1, 2025Lawfare Isn't Beaten -- In France or America By Daniel McCarthy
Elections are supposed to be decided at the ballot box, not in the courtroom -- unless you're French, or, in this country, a liberal.

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                            March 25, 2025Will Trump Turn Nationalism Against America? By Daniel McCarthy
President Donald Trump is nothing if not strong-willed, and he's the leader of the mightiest nation on Earth -- but there's one power even Trump can't afford to discount.

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                            March 18, 2025The Democrats' Civil War By Daniel McCarthy
Chuck Schumer is running scared from his own party.

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                            March 11, 2025Can Donald Trump Win a Trade War? By Daniel McCarthy
President Donald Trump knows better than to treat the "honeymoon" a president gets in his first months of office as a time to relax. He's fighting as hard now as he did at the height of last year's campaign.

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                            March 4, 2025Europe's Decline Was a Choice By Daniel McCarthy
Donald Tusk, the prime minister of Poland, might not shock Europe's leaders the way Donald Trump does, but he too has a tough message for them.

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                            February 25, 2025How Trump Makes Europe Stronger By Daniel McCarthy
   President Donald Trump has a plan to save Europe, and the results of Sunday's election in Germany show it's working.

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                            February 18, 2025The Civil Service's Partisanship Problem By Daniel McCarthy
   Here's a dirty secret about the federal government many Americans are just learning:

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                            February 11, 2025What Kind of a Populist Is Elon Musk? By Daniel McCarthy
   Can the world's richest man be a populist?

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                            February 4, 2025Can Trump Win Trade Wars Before They Start? By Daniel McCarthy
        Donald Trump knows exactly what he's doing with tariffs.

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                            January 28, 2025The Pro-Life Federalism of Trump and Vance By Daniel McCarthy
Reports of the pro-life movement's death have been greatly exaggerated.
January 21, 2025Trump Inaugurates a New Era By Daniel McCarthy
Breathtaking: There's no other word for the sheer ambition and scope of Donald Trump's second inaugural address.

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                            January 14, 2025Democrats Aren't Democracy's Party By Daniel McCarthy
When Donald Trump is sworn in next week, America will have a president for the first time in four years.

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                            January 7, 2025Donald Trump's Worldwide Election By Daniel McCarthy
        Winning the 2024 election was only the beginning -- the Trump effect is
now sweeping the globe.

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                            December 31, 2024Make a Resolution to Fix Social Security By Daniel McCarthy
In the dreamlike days between Christmas and the regular work week's return in the new year, it's easy to believe all things are possible.

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                            December 25, 2024Christmas Goodwill Is Also Good Politics By Daniel McCarthy
Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year -- especially in an election year.