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LUZERNE COUNTY, Pennsylvania -- Over the Flag Day weekend in Pennsylvania, crowds gathered, and communities were formed in the most unlikely of places, under viaducts, along gravel-filled tracks and at the base of some impressive Appalachian mountains, all just to watch as Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 rolled through northeastern ...Read more

Why are Democrats and their teachers union masters trying to shoot down parental choice in education even when we now have so many examples of these programs working?

Choice and competition are two of the hallmarks of the American economy. When stores compete, customers win. Turns out this is also true for schools. That's an inviolable law of ...Read more

President Trump has been musing about whether he's the most powerful man in world history, and judging by the results lately, the answer is definitely "no."

It's certainly true that Trump has technical tools at his disposal that would have astounded famous pre-20th century contenders for the title of most powerful man, whether Caesar, ...Read more

Success often sows the seeds of future failure. That's the danger America faces now.

America is a great and powerful country. But this shouldn't blind us to an obvious historical reality. Great empires rise -- and fall. Just look at the history of the Roman Empire. Or the Babylonian Empire. Or the Mongol Empire.

Success often comes with a ...Read more

Donald Trump has been the greatest, most clear-eyed and most transformative foreign policy president of my lifetime. But Trump is also the famed businessman who wrote "The Art of the Deal" four decades ago. There has therefore always been the risk that the president's novel and often unorthodox approach to foreign policy could be subsumed by a...Read more

President Donald Trump started a war with Iran, and now he is ending it on terms worse than the status quo he inherited. That is the plain shape of what happened, however the White House dresses it up.

The war came at a price -- lost lives, oil markets convulsing, allies rattled and an economic shock that rippled from Tehran to global ...Read more

Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) is constantly introduced in effusive tones as senior pastor at Martin Luther King's Ebenezer Baptist Church. The Democrats and their media allies love to trot him out to suggest their party is more Christian than the Republicans.

On National "Public" Radio on June 16, "All Things Considered" anchor Michel Martin ...Read more

A president orders the onset of hostilities -- war -- without authorization of Congress and without much in the way of making a case with the public. His troops win important victories and decapitate large parts of the government of the enemy. But in the enemy capital, no one surrenders or will even negotiate seriously.

That leaves the ...Read more

Iran, a second-rate power in a state of economic collapse, just fought the U.S. to a standstill in a major military conflict.

The disappointing outcome has echoes of Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, in that a major world power hasn't been able to impose its will on a militarily inferior foe.

The problem comes when we run into an enemy that has...Read more

The Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1776, embraces two value sets. The first is natural rights, and the second is limited government. After 250 years, neither value has survived, and the opposite of each currently prevails in America.

Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration in three days while staying at a rooming house in Philadelphia....Read more

History is filled with political movements born from noble promises. Few have been more appealing in theory than socialism. At its heart, socialism promises greater equality, economic fairness and protection for those who struggle in a competitive marketplace. It speaks to the desire for justice and the belief that no person should be left ...Read more

The new "Global Justice Report" by the World Inequality Lab in France -- which calls for caps on economic growth in rich countries, top income-tax rates of 90% and a World Sovereign Fund to redistribute wealth to the Global South -- has reignited one of the oldest debates in economics: How do we actually lift people out of poverty?

The data ...Read more

Psalm 23:5, one of the best-known biblical passages, says, "Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup overflows."

It would be hard to find a passage that better reflects this year's World Cup soccer (OK, OK -- "football") championship, which the U.S. is hosting for the first time...Read more

Why didn't President Donald Trump initially want to share the full text of the framework agreement between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran?

The first reason is obvious: The memorandum of understanding is a capitulation to the clerics of the regime.

The second reason is also a scandal.

"I don't, frankly, fully understand it,...Read more

Swiss voters went to the polls Sunday and resoundingly rejected capping the country's rapidly growing population at 10 million by limiting immigration. Congratulations to the Swiss for staging a national conversation over immigration -- something the United States urgently needs to do.

The Swiss have seen their population soar by more than 25...Read more

The Trump administration is promoting a new agreement with Iran as a diplomatic breakthrough. White House talking points emphasize Iranian commitments to forgo nuclear weapons, international verification, regional stability and economic incentives tied to compliance. Yet many of the details that have emerged so far raise more questions than ...Read more

Trustees of the Social Security program just issued their annual report.

Each year, the picture of the program's solvency is dismal. But this year it's even worse.

Rather than falling short in 2033, as reported last year, this year the shortfall is projected to be in late 2032.

That's six years from now.

Without action taken, benefits, per...Read more