Commentary By Daniel McCarthy

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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.

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                            December 17, 2024Fighting Communism After the Cold War By Daniel McCarthy
Communism didn't win the Cold War, but it's doing surprisingly well in the 21st century, including in America.

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                            December 10, 2024Birthright Citizenship Is a Breach in the Border By Daniel McCarthy
"Birthright citizenship" may sound benign, but thanks to an overreaching Supreme Court decision 126 years ago, it's the biggest legal hole in our border.

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                            December 3, 2024Identity Politics, Not Biden, Cost Democrats the Election By Daniel McCarthy
With his presidency ending in a few weeks, Joe Biden's legacy is only getting messier.

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                            November 26, 2024Trump Draws the Map to 2028 By Daniel McCarthy
As they carve their turkeys this year, Republicans can be grateful for Donald Trump, mapmaker.

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                            November 19, 2024Why Democrats Are Losing Tomorrow's Elections Today By Daniel McCarthy
America is outgrowing the Democratic Party.

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                            November 12, 2024Democrats Are at a Dead End, Unless They Learn From Trump By Daniel McCarthy
Shocked by Donald Trump's sweeping victory, Democrats are playing the blame game, and Joe Biden is the scapegoat.

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                            November 5, 2024How Politics Hasn't Changed Since Jefferson By Daniel McCarthy
The most extreme accusations Democrats and Republicans hurl at one another today would be familiar to the Founding Fathers.

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                            October 29, 2024Kamala Harris Targets Married Women By Daniel McCarthy
Kamala Harris is pioneering a new divide-and-conquer strategy to win the White House: She's dividing families -- encouraging wives to split from husbands at the ballot box.

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                            October 22, 2024Vibes Turn Bad for Kamala Harris By Daniel McCarthy
Kamala Harris is running a campaign against herself.

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                            October 8, 2024How Donald Trump Can Win the Popular Vote By Daniel McCarthy
Democrats should brace for a shock four weeks from now -- the possibility not just of a victory for former President Donald Trump but a win so big Trump even beats Vice President Kamala Harris in the popular vote.

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                            October 1, 2024Iran Targets America's Elections -- and Trump By Daniel McCarthy
A tyrannical foreign regime is doing everything in its power to place its favored candidate in the White House.

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                            September 24, 2024Trump's Would-Be Assassin's Explanation By Daniel McCarthy
The man who intended to murder former President Donald Trump on Sept. 18 has explained in his own words why he wanted to do it.

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                            September 17, 2024When Character Assassination Becomes the Real Thing By Daniel McCarthy
If Democrats didn't believe they'd put former President Donald Trump in an assassin's crosshairs the first time, they have no excuse for pleading innocent now.

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                            September 10, 2024Kamala Harris Runs Like a Republican -- and Misleads on Tariffs By Daniel McCarthy
Kamala Harris is losing the fight for the American middle.

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                            September 3, 2024On Abortion, Trump Is Moderate -- While Harris Is Maximalist By Daniel McCarthy
        There are two uncompromising sides in the abortion debate -- and then there's the middle, which is where most Americans are.