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Charles Lane

Charles Lane is a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a columnist for The Free Press.

charles.lane@aei.org

Great Americans: The Wisdom of Sandra Day O’Connor

She made herself a formidable justice in the same way she had learned to brand calves, fire a rifle, or turn a bobcat into a house pet while growing up…

June 12, 2026

Barney Frank’s Decades-Long Quest to Save Democrats

Barney Frank had a remarkably consistent message for his party, from early in his career until his last days: Moderate or die.

May 20, 2026

Illegal Immigrant Crime Is Its Own Kind of Tragedy

Few Democrats acknowledge what most Americans believe: Tolerance should be far lower for crimes committed by people who entered the country illegally.

May 15, 2026

Virginia Failed the Basic Test of Our Democracy

A liberal society can’t work if both sides seize every advantage they can. But the latest gerrymander suggests we’ve gone awfully far down that road.

April 23, 2026

Will Trump Close the Door on Mass Haitian Migration?

The U.S. has fast-tracked immigration from Haiti since a 2010 earthquake. Sixteen years later, activists want to keep the program open forever.

April 22, 2026

Will a Nazi Tattoo Cost Democrats the Senate?

The left sees a winner in Graham Platner, and they’re willing to overlook everything from his faux working-class background to his brushes with bigots.

March 16, 2026

Trump’s Best Friend in Europe May Lose His Election

Hungary’s Viktor Orbán sealed the border and built a right-wing supermajority. His opponents might beat him in April anyway.

February 2, 2026

Things Worth Remembering: Orwell Saw This Coming

Days after Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as mayor, Orwell’s ‘The Road to Wigan Pier’ feels more relevant than ever.

January 4, 2026

Conquer Your Trauma Like Ebenezer Scrooge

Decades before Freud, ‘A Christmas Carol’ showed how to face childhood anguish and choose a better life.

December 24, 2025

Amnesty International Can’t Handle the Truth About Hamas

A planned report on the terrorist group’s crimes turned into a moral muddle, including a long critique of Israel.

December 15, 2025

How Trump’s Boat Strikes Could Lead to Full-Scale War

If you threaten to topple a dictator, you better not be bluffing.

December 9, 2025

Why Shutdowns Never Work

For 41 days, the Democrats demanded an extension of Obamacare subsidies and a rollback of Medicaid cuts to end the shutdown. What did they get in the…

November 11, 2025

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