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Who are our domestic enemies?

The oath is a familiar one. The president and vice president take it, as do members of Congress and many other high government officials. It requires the oath taker to defend the Constitution “against all enemies, foreign and domestic.” We can identify many of America’s foreign enemies, but what about domestic ones? Now that the Democratic Socialists of America have published their platform, it appears they would qualify as a domestic enemy of the Constitution. If they achieved power they would, to quote the stated goal of former President Barack Obama, “fundamentally ...

War or Peace

"We are doomed and our leaders are insane." So wrote journalist Matt Taibbi recently. Taibbi didn't respond to our request for an interview, but he raises issues that deserve debate. So my new video is based on his column. "Not one of our presidents ..." Taibbi writes, "can resist starting wars." When the Soviet Union fell, President Bill Clinton said, "The Cold War is over; we must secure the peace." A few years later, he and NATO launched airstrikes against Serbian forces. Clinton got the U.S. involved in conflicts in Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia and Kosovo. President George ...

LeBron picks Philadelphia as his final challenge

Those NBA schedule-makers who have been stuck in limbo can go ahead and hit overdrive now. LeBron James might have made their work pretty simple. Opening night, go ahead and expect Philadelphia at New York. Christmas Day, go ahead and expect Philadelphia on the schedule. National television ...

Kane considered joining Sabres

CHICAGO — When the Chicago Blackhawks selected Patrick Kane No. 1 overall in the 2007 draft, they counted on the forward, then just 18, to give their rebuilding team and its sputtering offense an immediate boost. Fast-forward 19 years: The Blackhawks again hope that Kane, now 37 and ...

Mahomes cleared with no limits

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has been cleared to participate in the start of training camp, checking off one of the major goals that the two-time MVP set for himself when he underwent surgery late last year to repair torn ligaments in his left knee. Mahomes said Friday he visited earlier this week with Dr. Dan Cooper, the Dallas-based orthopedic surgeon who performed the operation, and that he met all the benchmarks necessary to report to Missouri Western State University on time. The Chiefs begin practice today for rookies, quarterbacks and players coming off ...

A city on a hill — no more

Since the Fourth of July celebration of the nation's 250 years was a bust, let's look at the next anniversary, noting when a Puritan governor declared that we would be as "a city upon a hill" in 1630. Almost 400 years later, in our summer of desperation, that's a quaint notion. Massachusetts Bay Colony leader John Winthrop reached for a political metaphor from the Bible, and it has served many purposes in America's story ever since. Yes, we're special, even exceptional. The world watches us shine. Ronald Reagan drew on this idea often. In every which way, President Donald Trump has ...