This is the season of college Commencement speeches — an art form that has seldom been memorable, but has increasingly …

We must frankly face the fact that the front runners in both political parties represent a new low, at a …

Jason Riley has now joined the long and distinguished list of people invited — and then disinvited — to give …

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We hear many fallacies in election years. The fallacy that seems to be most popular this year is that, if …

Donald Trump’s victories in the Republican primaries may make him seem like a sure winner. But those victories have been …

If there is one thing that is bipartisan in Washington, it is brazen hypocrisy. Currently there is much indignation being …

(BCN editor’s note: This article was originally published on Tuesday, March 15, before primary election results were released.) It is …