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Americans are routinely told that our nation is hopelessly divided, irredeemably flawed and perhaps even in terminal decline. Public polling reflects this pervasive frustration, pessimism and anomie. If someone halfway around the world only followed the polls, he might be forgiven for believing our republic is all but over.

But something ...Read more

There is a coherent worldview behind the vice president's foreign policy and that is exactly the problem. J.D. Vance does not stumble into the outcomes he produces. He believes in them. He sees a tripartite world with America secured in its own hemisphere, Russia dominant across its near abroad and China supreme in Asia. He appears willing to ...Read more

One way our nation's most "prestigious" newspapers show they're Democrat Party propaganda sheets is when their fashion critics apply all of their tawdry partisan biases to their evaluations of the clothes of politicians (or their spouses).

Robin Givhan of The Washington Post was a transparent Democrat, and so is Vanessa Friedman of The New ...Read more

As we inch toward the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, let me share a couple of reflections on the background of how this extraordinary, unprecedented and daring event succeeded.

Two decades ago, I set out to write a book about the events known as the Glorious Revolution of 1688-89. I suspected that this ...Read more

There are many things in American life that deserve our suspicion and contempt, but plumbers aren't among them.

Evidently, Jimmy Kimmel disagrees. The late-night host took a shot at newly confirmed DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, who used to run a plumbing business, by saying, "We have a plumber now protecting us from terrorism."

The gibe ...Read more

Since its inception, the government of the United States has inexorably exceeded its powers under the Constitution. All three branches have been complicit in a consistent pattern of constitutional indifference.

Congress has regulated in areas of governance nowhere articulated in the Constitution. Its general regulatory powers were granted to ...Read more

One of the dangers of war is that political rhetoric often collides with strategic reality.

President Donald Trump spent years vehemently criticizing former President Barack Obama's Iran nuclear deal, arguing that it failed to permanently halt Iran's nuclear ambitions while providing the regime with economic relief and resources that ...Read more

Last week, nearly every elite men's tennis player skipped one of London's marquee tournaments. Only one of the world's top 10 showed up at Queen's Club, the traditional Wimbledon warmup; stars including Alexander Zverev, Daniil Medvedev, Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton were playing 300 miles away in Halle, Germany. A culprit was likely Britain's ...Read more

Several things have taken place over the past week that shore up the importance of understanding what has truly made the United States of America the most prosperous country in human history.

First, we have the foreigners visiting the U.S. to cheer on their teams in this year's World Cup soccer championship. As I wrote last week, it's been ...Read more

Dictators despise hard facts that threaten their grip on political power. So they -- and their loyalists, who wish to stay alive -- concoct and repeat lies that conceal the dictatorship's flaws and, especially when the regime is threatened, disguise its weaknesses and failures.

I think the remnant ayatollah regime is betting very bold lies, ...Read more

Kudos to the Trump administration and Sen. Rand Paul for persevering in holding Dr. Anthony Fauci's feet to the fire. Fauci allegedly covered up the origins of COVID-19 as 1.1 million Americans died from the virus.

But what about the biggest culprit, China?

For seven weeks or more, starting in the winter of 2019, Chinese officials violated ...Read more

Tucker Carlson says he can no longer support the Republican Party.

In that regard, he finds himself in familiar company. A growing faction on the populist Right -- including figures such as Candace Owens, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Nick Fuentes -- has increasingly positioned itself in opposition to core Republican foreign policy principles. ...Read more

Not long ago, new kinds of jobs appeared.

app-based gig work.

They include jobs like dog walking on Rover.

Taskrabbit work.

DoorDash food delivery.

Uber and Lyft driving.

Some percentage of people like gig work.

It's flexible.

You work when you want to work.

If there's work.

But "workers' rights" activists and governing socialists ...Read more

When the One Big Beautiful Bill Act came up for a vote on the Senate floor on July 1 of last year, 50 senators voted for it, and 50 senators voted against it. Vice President JD Vance had to cast the tie-breaking vote in that chamber -- so the bill could go back to the House for a final vote.

In the House, it narrowly passed 218-214.

Not one ...Read more

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