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Why 'Squid Game' reminds me of my years in a Syrian prison

To some viewers, the show is a horrifying fantasy. To me it feels a lot like my past.

By Omar Alshogre ● Read more »

What 'school board moms' really want — and why candidates ignore us at their peril

Our movement isn't about masking or critical race theory. It's about an education system that has long put powerful interests above the well-being of students.

By Tiffany Justice and Tina Descovich ● Read more »

More countries are taking Americans hostage. The U.S. is losing its ability to stop it.

Foreign governments now surpass terrorist and militant groups as the predominant hostage-takers of U.S. nationals around the globe. The shift reflects a weakened regard for the United States and the international system it operates in.

By Kate Woodsome, Jason Rezaian and Ray Whitehouse ● Read more »

How Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed tore Ethiopia apart

The Ethiopian leader has proved himself to be a weak and overly ambitious leader at best, and a duplicitous war criminal at worst.

By Christopher Rhodes ● Read more »

A newly visible, toxic misogyny arises in Britain

Institutions such as the police and army hardly seem to know how to deal with it, or even what it is.

By Catherine Ostler ● Read more »

Phony religious objections to vaccines will hurt us all

We all know that in most every case, these religious objections are bogus. We shouldn't be afraid to say it.

By Paul Waldman ● Read more »

Most Republicans won't be able to distance themselves from Trump like Glenn Youngkin did

They will have to run from the disgraced former president to win.

By Jennifer Rubin ● Read more »

How Democrats can win the critical race theory debate

Democrats must call out the illiberal excesses of both the woke left and the anti-woke right.

By Max Boot ● Read more »

Cartoon by Michael Ramirez

An editorial guest cartoon from Michael Ramirez of the Las Vegas Review-Journal

Biden's genial tone is back, but the sales job has just begun

The president enjoys an I-told-you-so moment over the infrastructure bill.

By Jennifer Rubin ● Read more »

Glenn Youngkin won as a pragmatic conservative. How will he change Virginia policy?

As with all new governors, there's a learning curve, and Youngkin's first lesson in changing Virginia law is that while the governor proposes, the General Assembly disposes.

By Mark J. Rozell ● Read more »