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The Anti-Federalists Saw It Coming

In this episode of “The Opinions,” David French breaks down why parts of the original Constitution lend themselves to abuse — and which three amendments could stop another shutdown like this one. “But first,” he says, “we have to get through this moment.”

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New York City’s mayoral election: Letters to the Editor — Nov. 4, 2025

New York City’s mayoral election: Letters to the Editor — Nov. 4, 2025

about 5 hours ago

Democrats’ big shutdown ‘win’ is only going to be setting a new record for ‘longest’ — and most futile

Democrats’ big shutdown ‘win’ is only going to be setting a new record for ‘longest’ — and most futile

about 5 hours ago

Tucker Carlson aims to poison us with hatred — but Donald Trump stands in the way

Tucker Carlson aims to poison us with hatred — but Donald Trump stands in the way

about 5 hours ago

Family violence needs cop response, get feds out of food programs and other commentary

Family violence needs cop response, get feds out of food programs and other commentary

about 7 hours ago

The sane right draws the line on Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes’ bile

The sane right draws the line on Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes’ bile

about 7 hours ago

Conspiracy kook Tucker Carlson is no patriot, no conservative and no friend to Charlie Kirk and JD Vance

Conspiracy kook Tucker Carlson is no patriot, no conservative and no friend to Charlie Kirk and JD Vance

about 7 hours ago

Iraqi PM: Let us join in America’s peaceful prosperity — and help calm the Middle East

Iraqi PM: Let us join in America’s peaceful prosperity — and help calm the Middle East

about 7 hours ago

Women’s soccer is in a uproar over one of their own supporting, of all things, women — and they need to get a grip

Women’s soccer is in a uproar over one of their own supporting, of all things, women — and they need to get a grip

about 7 hours ago

Let’s get real — a vote for Sliwa is a vote to make Mamdani mayor

Let’s get real — a vote for Sliwa is a vote to make Mamdani mayor

about 7 hours ago

My pal Donald Trump is the world’s busiest man — but he still can find some time for a chat

My pal Donald Trump is the world’s busiest man — but he still can find some time for a chat

about 7 hours ago

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Panorama: Trump And The Tech Titans on BBC1: Super-villains? No, the President's tech titans are just self-obsessed geeks

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Panorama: Trump And The Tech Titans on BBC1: Super-villains? No, the President's tech titans are just self-obsessed geeks

about 8 hours ago

Sending Tomahawks to Kyiv won’t ignite World War III — they’ll ignite peace talks

Sending Tomahawks to Kyiv won’t ignite World War III — they’ll ignite peace talks

about 9 hours ago

Zohran Mamdani’s ‘free buses’ are a dangerous mistake — we’ve seen how they fail

Zohran Mamdani’s ‘free buses’ are a dangerous mistake — we’ve seen how they fail

about 9 hours ago

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: BBC bosses 'secretly line up Holly Willoughby for Strictly job'

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: BBC bosses 'secretly line up Holly Willoughby for Strictly job'

about 10 hours ago

QUENTIN LETTS: MPs used to treat Whitehall's panjandrums with awe. Now they snort at them with open ridicule

QUENTIN LETTS: MPs used to treat Whitehall's panjandrums with awe. Now they snort at them with open ridicule

about 10 hours ago

Contributor: The sinister message behind Trump telling pregnant women to 'tough it out'

Contributor: The sinister message behind Trump telling pregnant women to 'tough it out'

about 12 hours ago

NADINE DORRIES: My warning to William... and the bitter royal bombshells that are on the way

NADINE DORRIES: My warning to William... and the bitter royal bombshells that are on the way

about 13 hours ago

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Starmer is a dead man walking.... and Britain's sinking rapidly into a bankrupt socialist quagmire. But there's worse loitering in the wings

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Starmer is a dead man walking.... and Britain's sinking rapidly into a bankrupt socialist quagmire. But there's worse loitering in the wings

about 13 hours ago

Newsom’s obscene $250M redistricting proves the urgent need for The California Post

Newsom’s obscene $250M redistricting proves the urgent need for The California Post

about 16 hours ago

Opinion: Real reason Reeves has not been sacked for breaking the law

Opinion: Real reason Reeves has not been sacked for breaking the law

about 18 hours ago

The pill that's doing NOTHING for your arthritis. So many of my patients are told to take it, says DR SCURR. But these are the facts

The pill that's doing NOTHING for your arthritis. So many of my patients are told to take it, says DR SCURR. But these are the facts

about 18 hours ago

Britain’s fiscal reality check

Britain’s fiscal reality check

about 19 hours ago

My would-be assassins’ sentencing is a verdict for liberty and a warning to dictators

My would-be assassins’ sentencing is a verdict for liberty and a warning to dictators

about 21 hours ago

Nonhostile takeover: How the Democratic Party gave in to radicals like Mamdani

Nonhostile takeover: How the Democratic Party gave in to radicals like Mamdani

about 21 hours ago

It’ll be EASY for a Mayor Mamdani to abandon the schools

It’ll be EASY for a Mayor Mamdani to abandon the schools

Democrats are losing pride in America — and that’s a problem for BOTH

Democrats are losing pride in America — and that’s a problem for BOTH

John Brennan’s unhinged blowup over ‘Dirty 51’ letter, Hunter Biden laptop shows he’s worried

John Brennan’s unhinged blowup over ‘Dirty 51’ letter, Hunter Biden laptop shows he’s worried

Bill Gates finally got to right answer on climate change — but not before immense harm

Bill Gates finally got to right answer on climate change — but not before immense harm

STEPHEN GLOVER: Is this the REAL reason Rachel Reeves has not been sacked for breaking the law?

STEPHEN GLOVER: Is this the REAL reason Rachel Reeves has not been sacked for breaking the law?

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Game of Wool: Britain's Best Knitter: Stylish Tom Daley is the perfect host for the Great British Knit Off

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Game of Wool: Britain's Best Knitter: Stylish Tom Daley is the perfect host for the Great British Knit Off

I won't ever forget what I saw at Andy Cohen's party. He may admit he's hooking up with guys on every dating app… but this is the truth about men like him: KENNEDY

I won't ever forget what I saw at Andy Cohen's party. He may admit he's hooking up with guys on every dating app… but this is the truth about men like him: KENNEDY

Former Prince Andrew’s biographer on how the ex-royal fell from grace

Former Prince Andrew’s biographer on how the ex-royal fell from grace

Is mega-phony Gavin Newsom the best the Democrats can do?

Is mega-phony Gavin Newsom the best the Democrats can do?

RUTH SUNDERLAND: The alarming curse of AI workslop is upon us

RUTH SUNDERLAND: The alarming curse of AI workslop is upon us

Pervasive social-emotional learning brings Big Brother to the classroom

Pervasive social-emotional learning brings Big Brother to the classroom

ANDREW PIERCE: Did Tony Blair help sweeten Andrew's Royal Lodge deal?

ANDREW PIERCE: Did Tony Blair help sweeten Andrew's Royal Lodge deal?

Gavin Newsom has high hopes — but rock-bottom results

Gavin Newsom has high hopes — but rock-bottom results

City-run grocery stores are losers, Antifa is all too real and other commentary

City-run grocery stores are losers, Antifa is all too real and other commentary

Is your makeup secretly ageing you? The number one mistake you're making - and it's NOT your products: POLISHED with Elise Wilson

Is your makeup secretly ageing you? The number one mistake you're making - and it's NOT your products: POLISHED with Elise Wilson

National populists surge around the world — spelling doom for the global elite

National populists surge around the world — spelling doom for the global elite

DR ELLIE CANNON: The 4 things you MUST do to help combat kidney disease

DR ELLIE CANNON: The 4 things you MUST do to help combat kidney disease

Trump has already put Biden’s record to shame after just 9 months

Trump has already put Biden’s record to shame after just 9 months

Zohran Mamdani’s City Hall will see ideology crash against reality

Zohran Mamdani’s City Hall will see ideology crash against reality

Andrew Cuomo’s final stretch: Letters to the Editor — Nov. 3, 2025

Andrew Cuomo’s final stretch: Letters to the Editor — Nov. 3, 2025

Opinion: Starmer will do everything he can to save this terrible Chancellor

Opinion: Starmer will do everything he can to save this terrible Chancellor

Abcarian: Proposed settlement between feds and UCLA is a master class in extortion

Abcarian: Proposed settlement between feds and UCLA is a master class in extortion

I can't disclose my medical history to my partner. If I do... he'll find me so unsexy that he'll leave: DEAR JANE

I can't disclose my medical history to my partner. If I do... he'll find me so unsexy that he'll leave: DEAR JANE

SARAH VINE: This is what the future now holds for Andrew Mountbatten Windsor

SARAH VINE: This is what the future now holds for Andrew Mountbatten Windsor

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: Why I now believe England CAN beat the All Blacks - as long as Steve Borthwick immediately fixes this one crucial flaw

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: Why I now believe England CAN beat the All Blacks - as long as Steve Borthwick immediately fixes this one crucial flaw

Michael Goodwin: A Zohran Mamdani mayoralty would mean a long, sour decline for NYC

Michael Goodwin: A Zohran Mamdani mayoralty would mean a long, sour decline for NYC

MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: How on earth can we believe a single word from this Chancellor?

MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: How on earth can we believe a single word from this Chancellor?

FLOURISHING AFTER 50: We gave our daughter $100,000 to buy a home - and now her ex-husband is living in it

FLOURISHING AFTER 50: We gave our daughter $100,000 to buy a home - and now her ex-husband is living in it

PETER HITCHENS: What Charles' humiliation of Andrew REALLY means for the future of the monarchy - and our country

PETER HITCHENS: What Charles' humiliation of Andrew REALLY means for the future of the monarchy - and our country

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: At 67, tax-grabbing Labour is going to force me and my son out of our home of 20 years - and I won't be the only one

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: At 67, tax-grabbing Labour is going to force me and my son out of our home of 20 years - and I won't be the only one

DAN HODGES: REVEALED: The 7 key principles Starmer's government broke last week

DAN HODGES: REVEALED: The 7 key principles Starmer's government broke last week

Raise the Age legislation’s dismal failure: Letters to the Editor — Nov. 2, 2025

Raise the Age legislation’s dismal failure: Letters to the Editor — Nov. 2, 2025

Letters to the Editor: Remembering Melanie Winter, who fought for the Los Angeles River with urgency

Letters to the Editor: Remembering Melanie Winter, who fought for the Los Angeles River with urgency

Can New York Democrats even DELAY the energy crisis their laws are creating?

Can New York Democrats even DELAY the energy crisis their laws are creating?

Top Democrats’ hateful rhetoric keeps stoking anti-ICE violence

Top Democrats’ hateful rhetoric keeps stoking anti-ICE violence

Virginia Giuffre's memoir is one of the saddest books I have ever read - and perhaps the saddest thing of all is that she didn't live to see its incredible impact: JAN MOIR

Virginia Giuffre's memoir is one of the saddest books I have ever read - and perhaps the saddest thing of all is that she didn't live to see its incredible impact: JAN MOIR