Commentary By Daniel McCarthy

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                            May 12, 2026Virginia Democrats Reveal a Radical Design By Daniel McCarthy
        Virginia Democrats are doing an unwitting service to the whole country -- by revealing just how hostile their party is to the most essential checks and balances.

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                            May 5, 2026The Silenced Generation By Daniel McCarthy
        Are America's college students doing to themselves what the Chinese Communist state does to its citizens?

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                            April 28, 2026Colleges Are Making Political Violence Worse By Daniel McCarthy
   The ranks of would-be presidential assassins are a cavalcade of losers, yet the latest shooter who set out to murder Donald Trump -- the man who opened fire at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Sunday -- turns out to have an elite educational background.

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                            April 21, 2026Immigration Amnesty by Any Other Name By Daniel McCarthy
        "Dignity" is just another word for "amnesty" in an ill-conceived law now being pushed by a Miami-area Republican congresswoman.

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                            April 14, 2026Pope vs. President Is a Fight Everyone Loses By Daniel McCarthy
        President Trump and Pope Leo are in a war of words right now -- when they should be allies, not enemies.

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                            April 7, 2026Virginia: A New Extreme in Gerrymandering By Daniel McCarthy
   This year's midterm elections aren't just about who wins in November; they're about who wins fights over gerrymandering taking place right now.

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                            March 31, 2026When Birthright Citizenship Goes Wrong By Daniel McCarthy
        Get ready for the next Roe v. Wade -- only this time the Supreme Court decision that threatens to split the country isn't about abortion; it's about "birthright citizenship."

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                            March 24, 2026ICE Saves Lives -- and Air Travel By Daniel McCarthy
        Democrats who want to defund Immigration and Customs Enforcement aren't getting away with the political hostage-taking they're using to do it.

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                            March 17, 2026Why Are Senate Democrats Making Air Travel Worse? By Daniel McCarthy
   Next time your flight's delayed or canceled, or you're stuck in an endless TSA line, thank a congressional Democrat.

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                            March 10, 2026Cuba Should Accept Trump's 'Friendly Takeover' By Daniel McCarthy
        President Donald Trump has shown Cuba's communist rulers two ways their reign over the island can end: the Maduro way or the Khamenei way.

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                            March 3, 2026Immigration Enforcement Saves Lives By Daniel McCarthy
   When a 41-year-old mother is murdered at a bus stop, who bothers to protest?

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                            February 24, 2026How a Party Offends Its Voters By Daniel McCarthy
        Gavin Newsom won't be the Democrats' 2028 presidential nominee unless he wins a significant share of the African American vote.

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                            February 17, 2026Why Are Anti-ICE Activists Building Borders? By Daniel McCarthy
        Anti-ICE activists in Minneapolis are setting up blockades.

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                            February 10, 2026A Japanese Lesson for Troubled Britain By Daniel McCarthy
        The contrast between America's great island allies on opposite ends of the world couldn't be more drastic.

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                            February 3, 2026The Trump Coalition Wins But the GOP Brand Doesn't By Daniel McCarthy
        Just how badly did Republicans do in two Texas special elections last weekend?

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                            January 27, 2026Canada Should Warm to Trump's Arctic Plans By Daniel McCarthy
        Donald Trump's Arctic strategy has been 500 years in the making.

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                            January 20, 2026From Rock to Tech, Talent Flees Taxes By Daniel McCarthy
        California Democrats should listen to The Rolling Stones.

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                            January 6, 2026Tim Walz Personifies Democrats' Decline By Daniel McCarthy
   Tim Walz is going away, but the Democratic Party's Tim Walz crisis isn't.

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                            December 30, 2025Harvard Says Yes to Discrimination, No to Western Civ By Daniel McCarthy
   At Harvard University today, professors who teach Western history are history.

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                            December 23, 2025JD Vance Gets America's Creed and Heritage Right  By Daniel McCarthy
   With America's 250th birthday as an independent nation coming up in 2026, the big debate on the right this season about what it means to be an American couldn't be more timely.