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The Wealth of States

Today’s column concerns California’s cutting-edge wealth tax.

The Phantom Voter Intimidation Threat

There’s a lot of fear that the 2026 midterm elections will be disrupted by some authority. That fear, so far, appears unfounded.

Making the Case for Mike Johnson

It would be hard to argue that a different speaker would have been any more effective given the internal party dynamics.

Will the GOP See Another False Dawn in Florida on Election Night?

Florida Republicans are taking nothing for granted.

New Polls Offer Hope to Pro-Lifers in Missouri and Idaho

Within the past week separate polls from Idaho and Missouri have shown pro-life victories are within reach.

Trump said one issue should win the midterms for the GOP – whether voters notice is another matter

President Trump says his success negotiating lower prescription drug prices is such a huge win that the GOP should win the midterms on that alone.

Missouri AG hits drug manufacturer Eli Lilly with cease-and-desist order

Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway issued a cease-and-desist letter to Eli Lilly Monday over conditions the company places on hospitals' access to drug discounts.

ICE favorability falls to 35% as Americans rank it below the IRS

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was the least popular government agency in a new survey that found Americans now rank it even below the perennially feared IRS.

Israel’s government failed. Tearing it down right now would be worse

As Israel’s general election arrives, almost everyone seems to agree that it is time for a change in leadership. Critics are loudly calling for a new government to heal the country’s social fractures, mend broken trust, and move past recent trauma. That frustration makes sense. However, having spent my career studying public policy, institutional health, […]

Two young Jews, two extremes, one question

Two 18-year-olds, one in Israel and one in America, both Jewish, are about to vote for the first time, a week apart. Israelis go to the polls on Tuesday; Americans on Nov. 3. One may be drawn to Itamar Ben-Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit. The other may be drawn to a candidate backed by the Democratic Socialists […]

Ramaswamy’s ugly Ohio ad points to a crisis in plain sight

In 1978, a 12-year-old girl told authorities her stepfather had raped her. A grand jury indicted him, but he fled the state and was never convicted. That girl is Amy Acton, now the Democratic nominee for governor of Ohio. Last week, her Republican opponent, Vivek Ramaswamy, put millions behind an ad in which Acton’s estranged […]

Ramaswamy’s attack ad asks a question all American voters must answer

I served in the 101st Airborne, the 82nd Airborne, and Army Special Forces. I’m a disabled veteran and an Ohio voter. I expect candidates to answer hard questions about their records. I also care about what they’re willing to do to win. Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign has given me reason to question his judgment. Most of […]

The price of chronic humiliation

In the early 1920s, Haj Amin al Husseini, the newly appointed grand mufti of Jerusalem, crystallized the expectation that the nascent Zionist enterprise would be crushed. Jewish immigration, sparked by a spike in pogroms, mostly in Eastern European lands, had been rising since the 1880s, and Arab opposition was quick to follow. But al Husseini, […]

‘But Trump’ doesn’t work: The midterm question Democrats must answer

As early voting gets underway, here’s the political advice I’d plant in every Democratic candidate’s brain: If you couldn’t mention President Donald Trump for five minutes, could you still explain why Americans should vote for you? It’s a question worth asking as Democrats fight to reclaim the House of Representatives. Opposing Trump is a powerful […]

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