Former Vice President Kamala Harris took a swing this week at social media algorithms -- in one of those meandering, slightly mystical riffs that her critics love to pounce on.
President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have offered friendly public displays during Xi’s state visit to Washington. Once again, however, the Chinese delegation traveling with Xi has shown its practiced disdain for local customs and etiquette. This impoliteness reflects the Chinese Communist Party’s demand for absolute loyalty to Xi and its respect only […]
Throughout American history, there have been moments when building on an enormous scale has been a national necessity. Think of how the New Deal brought electricity to rural communities, or how two decades later, Dwight Eisenhower launched the Interstate Highway System, one of the largest public-works projects in our nation’s history. We are entering another […]
The Sept. 30 deadline for Iraq’s militias to surrender their weapons is approaching, and Baghdad is already looking beyond it. That should surprise no one. The problem was never the date on the calendar. The problem is whether the Iraqi government has the power to disarm organizations that have spent years embedding themselves in the […]
It’s United Nations General Assembly high-level week, and you know what that means: high-level dignitary pageantry, high-level meetings on sensitive issues, high-level decision-making for universal matters, and high-level hate against one particular nation. There’s nothing quite like the chance to dunk on the Jewish state to bring the dysfunctional global family together. And there’s certainly […]
