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Criminalizing politics a slippery slope

Politics has high enough stakes without the losers being sent to prison -- or losing their heads. Jailing opponents or condemning them to death is what dictatorships do, not democracies. But times are changing, rapidly, and democracy isn't what it used to be, thanks to a vengeful spirit that's taken hold from Brazil to South Korea, and we've had a taste of it as well. As Americans think about what's in store for the next two years after a new Congress is sworn in next January, with the 2028 presidential election now on the horizon, we should take heed of just how far "lawfare" is ...

Miami is No. 1 in first CFP rankings

It's been a confusing college football season so far. Nobody felt that more deeply than the College Football Playoff selection committee, which raised eyebrows aplenty in its first attempt of the season to make sense of it all. Undefeated Miami received top billing in the committee's opening crack at the CFP rankings Tuesday, followed by Georgia (7-1) and undefeated Utah. From there, the 13 people in that room could have been picking from a hat. Defending champion Indiana (8-1) was ranked fourth — eight spots ahead of Ohio State (6-2), which beat the Hoosiers 19-15 last month but ...

MLB proposes delaying salary cap start until 2028

NEW YORK — Major League Baseball proposed delaying the start of a salary cap until 2028, saying teams have too many commitments for next season that wouldn't allow them to reduce spending quickly enough. A day after the start of free agent negotiations for the 2026-27 offseason, owners on Tuesday proposed to players the sport adopt a hard cap of $258.2 million for 2028 and a floor of $180.2 million, using luxury tax payrolls with average annual values. A team would be allowed to remain as low as 90% of the floor in 2028, which would be $162.18 million, but would have to spend the ...

9/11 memorial vandal reason for worry

America's left-wing fringe, which is increasingly indistinguishable from the Democratic Party mainstream, absolutely hates our nation. You'd have to be blind not to see it. Take the latest example: Jonathan Andrew Tijerina, the punk who just desecrated the 9/11 Memorial Reflecting Pool in downtown Manhattan. Earlier this week, Tijerina was arrested and charged for an act of brazen, iconoclastic vandalism. In broad daylight, the 31-year-old spray-painted, over the engraved names of dozens of those killed on that terrible day 25 years ago, a plug for his silly little anti-gun website: ...

Today’s elections may set grumpy holiday tone

Pick a Thanksgiving table, any Thanksgiving table in America, and it's sure to have a turkey and a grumpy uncle. Sometimes they are one and the same, stuffed with all the trimmings. As the midterms are decided, this November will be an especially heated month, right? We the people are so ...