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George Will writes that Joe Biden 'is keeping his promise of sturdy resistance to China.' But Will cites only weak evidence for that proposition. Will points to a 'sandpapery' first conversation between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Chinese counterpart, Yang Jiechi. He also notes that Blinken warned Yang that Washington would hold Beijing “accountable' (whatever that means) for its human rights abuses against the Uighurs. In addition, Will

Good morning, it’s Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. The second impeachment trial of Donald J. Trump ended up the same as the first -- with an acquittal -- although this time seven Republicans joined a unanimous Democratic caucus instead of just one. Viewed as a geometric progression, it suggests Trump wouldn’t survive a third impeachment. Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that. Speaking of which: Today is a federal holiday, Presidents Day. Once upon a time, this nation celebrated George Washington’s birthday on Feb. 22. Abraham Lincoln (Feb. 12) was added to the mix in the 19 th and 20 th century...

Print this article Iran will build nuclear weapons if Tehran’s demands regarding economic sanctions are not met, according to a top government official. “Our nuclear program is peaceful, and the fatwa by the supreme leader has forbidden nuclear weapons, but if they push Iran into that direction, then it wouldn’t be Iran’s fault but theirs,” Iranian Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi said in newly published comments. That threat is a little on the nose, even for the Iranian regime, and comes in the opening few weeks of President Biden's term as the two countries posture and press...

Good morning, it’s Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. The snow covering the ground in much of the country (here in the East, more is on its way) raises a variation of the famous philosophical question about a tree falling in the forest when no one is there to hear it. This one has a more practical implication: Do kids consigned to remote schooling during a pandemic still get snow days off? I’m not on any school board, but I covered several school districts as a young reporter, and if it were up to me I’d vote a resounding yes. It also brings to mind New York newspaperman H. Allen Smith’s timeless ...

George Will sees a relationship between Donald Trump's lack of regard for the truth and the left's post-modern lack of regard for the notion of objective truth. Of Trump, Will writes: He began his political career spouting birtherism and concluded it — he will not be back; like vaudeville, he is yesterday’s entertainment — raving about an election-rigging conspiracy so vast that it involved legions in many states, and so