President Ronald Reagan had Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) number years before she was born. In his famed 1964 speech at the Republican National Convention, Reagan quipped: “The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that isn’t so.” In recent remarks at the University of Chicago’s […]
Why is President Donald Trump so tolerant of Iran’s diplomatic intransigence and military escalations? The question bears asking. After all, recent days have seen Iran both reject the latest U.S. negotiating position to end the conflict and successive Iranian attacks on U.S. and allied interests. The United Arab Emirates has suffered Iranian attacks, as have […]
As a teenager in 1976, I remember the excitement building up to the bicentennial celebration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Seemingly every clothing store, whether the elevated department stores of the day or the bargain clothing stores, was filled with red, white, and blue clothing to show our enthusiasm for the Fourth […]
Economists call it the “tragedy of the commons” — when people pursue short-term interests at a shared resource’s expense, they eventually destroy it for everyone. Fisheries collapse this way. Pastures go barren. And right now, something similar is happening to the American republic. What’s being depleted isn’t land or water. The constitutional ecosystem — the […]
This essay is a part of The Right Way Forward, Restoring America’s new think tank debate series in which leading conservative institutions argue the defining questions of the post-Trump era. Read about the series here. Liberal economic policies typically include high taxes, high spending, high levels of regulation, restrictive labor and employment laws, government-sponsored enterprises, […]
The Left is good at theater. The Supreme Court’s April 29 decision in Louisiana v. Callais reinterpreted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and cleared the way for states to redraw majority-minority congressional districts. The response was immediate and predictable: rallies, social media outrage, Confederate flag burnings, and declarations of a second coming of […]
America’s healthcare market is about to get less fair and more costly, thanks to a badly written new set of compliance and declaration rules from the Department of Labor. It’s not too late to stop it. The proposed rules come on the heels of February’s Consolidated Appropriations Act, which erected a comprehensive federal framework to […]
Singer-songwriter Dua Lipa is suing Samsung for $15 million after the company has continued to use her image on the front of its TV boxes for months, despite her repeated requests for a cease and desist. The pop star filed the lawsuit on Friday, with her lawyers condemning the company’s disregard for her commercial value...
As long as discrimination is illegal, these protections should and must extend to white males as well, even if that's not who civil rights attorneys usually have in mind.
Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) alleged that his party has a double standard when it comes to antisemitism in a Sunday opinion piece for The New York Times. “Across the Democratic Party’s ideological spectrum, right-wing hate is consistently condemned. Today, too many Democrats are noticeably and shamefully silent when antisemitism comes from the far left —...
Suicide has become the second leading cause of death for people ages 10 to 24 in the U.S., and Congress has taken steps to provide resources to those struggling with thoughts of suicide, including the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, which has helped over 16.5 million Americans since its establishment in July 2022.
Citing support from President Trump, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) says he will introduce legislation to suspend the federal gas tax, which would save drivers 18.4 cents per gallon. Suspending the gas tax is quickly picking up more support among Republicans on Capitol Hill who are worried about a voter backlash over the rise in oil...
The Pentagon revealed the location of a U.S. Navy nuclear-armed submarine in a rare move a day after President Trump rejected the latest peace proposal from Iran. The Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine arrived in Gibraltar, a British territory on Spain’s south coast, on Sunday, the U.S. Sixth Fleet said on Monday. “The port visit demonstrates...
