Dogs bark, ducks quack, and populists offer free stuff. Enrique Pena Nieto dispensed around 10 million TV sets to low-income Mexican households. Hugo Chavez gave Venezuelans steeply discounted refrigerators, air conditioning units, and, again, TV sets. In Argentina, Evita Peron would personally hand out children’s toys, sewing machines, clothes, and kitchenware. None of these (for once […]
During Donald Trump’s first run for the presidency, China, the economic behemoth that was gutting America’s manufacturing base and flexing its muscles in East Asia, was his favorite punching bag. Yet as Trump was seeking to reclaim the presidency after four years in the political wilderness, his new foreign target was much closer to home: […]
For most of modern cancer drug development, the United States was the center of gravity. It still has the world’s leading universities and cancer centers, scientific talent, capital, biotechnology companies, Big Pharma, and an ecosystem for turning discoveries into medicines. I have spent more than 15 years in oncology research and development, including a decade […]
A tsunami of healthcare costs is crashing into the budgets of U.S. businesses. Each new wave forces employers to devote more resources to healthcare and fewer to employee wages, benefits, and investments for growth. Beyond the workplace, families already struggling with affordability are facing higher costs and difficult choices about the care they can afford. […]
Before calling Iran irrational, we should be clear about what we mean. In strategy, rational does not mean moderate, humane, or wise. It means choosing actions that make sense in light of the objectives you value and the costs you are willing to bear. By American standards, Iran’s behavior can look almost incomprehensible. Its ships […]
After almost six and a half years abroad, Armando Armas flew home to Venezuela this week. The first thing Armas did was sit down at a family table. Armando, 44, is a lawyer trained at the Universidad Catolica Andres Bello. He ran Voluntad Popular, the opposition party whose leaders were jailed or exiled almost to […]
A date is a terrible way to remember the worst morning in modern American life. “9/11” tells you only when. It does not tell you who we were, who we are, or who we are meant to be. I lived through that day. A generation that did not can mark the anniversary, post a flag […]
As a boy of 14, I was very fortunate to find a hobby shop near my home that was owned by a retired PBY captain named Al Younghaus. It is where I met lifelong friends and where I first began playing wargames, a hobby I continue today. I can remember my first game, played on […]
Travel through Europe, and you’ll see Palestinian flags hanging outside homes, bars, and shops. Graffiti supporting the Palestinians covers walls. Perceived Israeli injustices against the Palestinians keep bringing people into the streets and university campuses. Ukrainian flags appear here and there, but they are a far rarer sight. Yet, Russian missiles and drones keep pounding […]
Ales Bialiatski, the Belarusian human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate freed by President Trump, is grateful for the U.S. intervention that saved his life and hundreds of other political prisoners. But he is also urging the administration to demand greater concessions from the country’s dictator Alexander Lukashenko in exchange for U.S. sanctions relief,...
President Trump basked in the approval of the MAGA base during this week’s Republican midterm convention in Dallas. But the bigger question is whether the event made any difference to a political landscape that is seriously challenging for Republicans as Election Day looms less than eight weeks away. The Hill’s data partner Decision Desk HQ...
President Trump's pledge to give $5,000 to every U.S. adult if Republicans keep control of both chambers of Congress in the midterm elections has raised questions over whether the plan could cross legal lines. The president announced the so-called "Trump dividends" on the first night of the Republican National Committee's (RNC) midterm convention in Dallas this...
Sen. Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) expected return to the Senate next week is drawing attention again to the health of aging lawmakers. McConnell, 84, was hospitalized over the summer for nearly two months after falling at home and receiving treatment for pneumonia. He has since been recovering at home and engaging in what he described as...
North Korea launched ballistic missiles toward the sea Saturday, a day after the U.S., South Korea and Japan completed a trilateral military drill in response to North Korean nuclear threats. The missiles were launched from the Wonsan area on North Korea’s eastern coast, according to South Korea’s military. Seoul said it was closely monitoring its...
