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Maybe It’s Time to Close the Kennedy Center for Good

Given scant home-based talent and difficulty recruiting the best talent to Washington, the programming at the Kennedy Center hasn’t been competitive with what large-city performing arts institutions offer. The building is another problem. People try to be nice about it, but let’s face it, it’s cold, flinty and cheap looking.

Rise of the Mamdani Clones

What could get in the way of a coming 2026 Democratic wave, given history and the current public mood? Nothing but the Democratic Party itself, which is sitting placidly by as the progressives who lost them last year’s election mobilize to take over even more of the party.

A GOP Win Foretells Midterm Trouble

Former Tennessee General Services Commissioner Matt Van Epps beat state Rep. Aftyn Behn by about 9 points, with the Democrat pulling 45% of the vote. That’s a lot narrower than the 22-point margin by which President Trump carried the district last fall and the 21-point margin by which Mr. Green was re-elected.

Shooting the Wounded on Drug Boats?

The charge of deliberately killing the defenseless is serious enough to warrant a close look from Congress. That includes Mr. Hegseth giving an account under oath. The Administration so far seems to think it can ride out the story with ritual denunciations of the media.