Plus: Obama’s Filibuster Hypocrisy
| | Good morning from Washington, where the idea of widespread voting by mail in November is a dividing line for liberals and conservatives. What’s going on in Nevada should worry Americans, the state’s former attorney general writes. Plus: Barack Obama’s about-face on the wisdom of the filibuster; 75 years since Hiroshima and Nagasaki; and what’s happened to our families. On this date in 1974, President Richard M. Nixon, facing a House impeachment vote, goes on television to announce that he will resign the next day. Enjoy your weekend. | |
| | Commentary | | Nevada Democrats’ Shocking Midnight Run on Election Integrity | | | By Adam Laxalt
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak and his legislative allies claim the 100-page bill—the crux of which is an unprecedented expansion of mail-in voting and an allowance for “ballot harvesting”—is a necessary safety precaution in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. | | More |
Commentary | | Barack Obama’s Filibuster Hypocrisy | | | By David Harsanyi
It’s no coincidence that the same politicos clamoring for more direct democracy are the ones who view the Constitution as the biggest impediment to their goals. | | More |
Commentary | | Our Annual August Debate Over the Bombs | | | By Victor Davis Hanson
Just the street fighting to recapture Manila in the Philippines in early 1945 cost a quarter-million Filipino, Allied, and Japanese lives. | | More |
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