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CLIFFORD MAY: Michael Hayden’s memoir After a long and extraordinary career, Gen. Michael Hayden has written “Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror.” Both a memoir and a primer on modern espionage, it also attempts to correct the...

THOMAS V. DIBACCO: A linear history of Form 1040 For the legions of procrastinators who have yet to file their 1040 Forms, the hours to come before April 18 may be the most taxing of the year. It wasn’t always that way, however. The annual squeeze on our purses is only a...

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Is NATO worth preserving? Donald Trump recently ignited another controversy when he mused that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was obsolete. He hinted that it might no longer be worth the huge American investment. In typical Trump style, he hit a...

Hillary Clinton misleads with Vermont gun claim; even supporters say it’s inaccurate In an attempt to score political points against Sen. Bernard Sanders, Hillary Clinton now says that the senator’s home state of Vermont is a key culprit in New York gun crime –...

DAVE WALKER: Puerto Rico financial crisis: An opportunity and a warning Puerto Rico is in serious financial trouble. It has been almost a year since Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla announced he did not expect the commonwealth would be able to pay its $72 billion debt when due. The...

DAVID SOKOL: How television breeds incivility In a year when civility and courtesy have been replaced by insults and vulgarity in the nation’s political conversation, why would anyone want to reopen one of the most divisive episodes in recent American history? And yet that...

Cartoons: Donald Trump losing with grace Donald Trump losing with grace by Clay Jones Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders won their respective primaries in Wisconsin. They each won by healthy margins. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump both responded to their losses. Not sure if John...

DONALD LAMBRO: Republicans moving closer to a brokered convention It’s becoming increasingly likely that the 2016 race for the Republican presidential nomination will be settled at a brokered convention in Cleveland. A growing group of senior party leaders and Republican...

Donald Trump: Obama’s ‘whole administration is half-baked’ After receiving criticism from President Obama over his plan to pay for a U.S.-Mexico border wall, GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump said the president’s entire administration is...

TOM HARRIS: Energy suppliers threatened by environmental advocates Throughout history, clever strategists have taken advantage of divisions within the ranks of their enemies to win otherwise unlikely victories. Military leaders would play tribe against tribe, province against...