2004—A mere audience member at an American Constitution Society panel discussion on the forthcoming presidential election, Second Circuit judge Guido Calabresi can’t restrain himself. Calabresi begins...
Most Americans continue to disapprove of how President Donald Trump is handling Iran, while his overall presidential approval holds steady, according to a new AP-NORC poll that was conducted as Trump suggested a deal with Iran had been reached.
The U.S. push to quickly begin high-stakes talks with Iran hit a snag just two days after the signing of an agreement that opens a 60-day window for negotiations on Iran's nuclear program and getting oil traffic moving through the Strait of Hormuz back to prewar levels.
Taiwan matters because it fuses American credibility, semiconductor supremacy, and Indo-Pacific power into one vulnerability. Beijing gains ground whenever Washington confuses meetings and policy papers with strategy. The United States requires a Special Envoy for Taiwan Strait Deterrence who reports directly to the president and has authority to fuse military posture, economic statecraft, and alliance […]
In our recent comparison of New York and Florida, written in response to left-wing Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s strange trolling of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, we briefly touched on how the Sunshine State is eating the Empire State’s lunch on education. Florida isn’t alone in this respect. Much has been made of the extraordinary “Mississippi […]
President Donald Trump is the first president in decades to make fighting fraud across the entire government a pillar of his domestic agenda. Though rarely a point of discussion in years past, fraud has remained in the political spotlight following a series of high-profile incidents that made the issue impossible to ignore. Late last year, […]
You’ve grinded your way to achieving your dream of becoming a Major League Baseball player. But are you wearing your politically-approved hat to promote the LGBT political movement? No? Then you must be shamed and punished. It’s “LGBT Pride Month,” which means corporations are pandering to rabid LGBT activists for their approval and trying to […]
In his May 13 essay, Delano Squires asserts that “The family is the foundation of civilization, and marriage — the union of one man and one woman — is its cornerstone. It is the seedbed of self-government.” True enough. But what happens when the government plants the seeds of dependency inside that seedbed? And what […]
Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is set during the Salem witch trials of 1692, when fear, accusation, and private grievance overtook a puritan community. Neighbors turned on neighbors. Rumor hardened into proof. People acting in bad faith learned that panic could be useful. Authorities, anxious to appear righteous, confused confession with truth and control with justice. […]
KHARKIV, Ukraine — As the United Nations prepares for a transition at the top — a new secretary-general will take the helm of the organization on Jan. 1, 2027 — the United States and its many critics in Congress, the State Department, and the White House should differentiate what works at the U.N. versus what […]
With the November midterm elections approaching, 2026 offers a lucrative but narrowing opportunity for Republicans to show voters that they can solve real problems through reforms that strengthen freedom and choice for individuals, while restoring accountability and trust for public institutions. More specifically, as Congress considers how to clean up the mess left behind by […]
