TikTok ban distracts from hobbled US military
Concerns about the Beijing-based social media app are justified, but look trivial when wars proliferate around the globe and the army remains underfunded and unprepared.
Gerard Baker
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Unknown unknowns can still upend this US presidential race
A predictable Super Tuesday confirmed a Trump-Biden rematch but a third candidate or health scare for either elderly gentleman could derail them.
Democrats’ hubris paves the way for a second Trump term
Joe Biden promised an end to chaos and lunacy. He barely won, then utterly failed to deliver.
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Biden must stand firm on support for Israel
Despite polls showing falling support for Democrats over their Gaza stance, the US overwhelmingly backs war on Hamas.
Trump’s crazy rhetoric is not simply hot air
The media fails to see that he expresses many Americans’ sense of precariousness and their view of NATO as a costly burden.
Swift conspiracy is more than MAGA madness
Those peddling the theory that the pop star’s relationship with American footballer Travis Kelce is a deep-state plot don’t believe it but know people will lap it up.
Trump’s easy win exposes his big problem
It’s independents who decide the election, and early primaries suggest they won’t vote Republican with him on the ballot.
She’s a long shot but Haley has The Big Mo
Ahead of next week’s Iowa caucuses, the former South Carolina governor is emerging as the leading challenger to Trump.
Here’s some Christmas cheer – Trump may fail
History tells us the former US president’s lead in the race for his party’s nomination could crumble once primaries start.
Higher education’s slide from ‘Veritas’ to ‘my truth’
Universities are run by leaders who are models of the left-wing ideology which deems the rights of certain people less worthy of protection than others. You can call for the murder of all Jews, but say sex is biological and you will be punished.
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