“President Trump may hate being the target of lawfare, but he sure knows how to wield it against anyone who crosses him,” snipe The Wall Street Journal’s editors.
South Africa's president promised Sunday to act on what he called concerns over illegal migration following a rise in anti-immigrant protests and sentiment in Africa's most advanced economy, with other nations claiming their citizens have been targeted in xenophobic attacks.
Former Sen. Bob Packwood, a moderate Oregon Republican whose reputation as a champion of abortion and women's rights was spoiled at the end of his career by allegations of sexual harassment, has died. He was 93.
The Iranian men’s soccer team arrived in Mexico on Sunday, with the FIFA World Cup just four days away. The Iranian squad posted to Instagram photos of the team, dressed in matching white shirts and blue blazers, boarding a plane in Antalya, Turkey, on Saturday. The team has been training in Turkey ahead of the...
Former national security adviser John Bolton on Sunday warned that President Trump’s actions in the war against Iran could spark a nuclear arms race. “Whatever deal President Trump makes with Iran, his often-contradictory decisions during the conflict have laid the groundwork for more nuclear proliferation in the Middle East,” Bolton said in an opinion piece...
The Issue: Endorsements for Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner despite multiple scandals. Any person in Maine who votes for Graham Platner will redefine the...
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, President Donald Trump’s signature legislation, contains a provision to stop universities from being able to receive federal loans for degrees that don’t pay off, sparing students and taxpayers alike from having to foot the bill for useless majors — part of why the act is also known as the […]
When I began my career in higher education, a college degree was universally viewed as part of the American dream. It was promised as a ticket to a flourishing life, and families would sacrifice almost anything to get their children into a university. Today, the American view has shifted. As I interact with alumni, community […]
Pick up a copy of Kit Chellel’s recent book Lucky Devils, and you might think you’re getting “the true story of three rebel gamblers who beat the odds and changed the game.” That’s the subtitle, after all. But what you’re actually getting is a stranger, sadder, more fascinating book about obsession for obsession’s sake, a […]
When Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) lost his primary election to Ed Gallrein, he began his concession speech by remarking, “I had to call my opponent and concede, and it took a while to find Ed Gallrein in Tel Aviv.” The comment capped off a series of persistent attacks upon Israel and Jews that saw Massie […]
People worry about the ways artificial intelligence will change jobs, education, creativity, and daily lives, according to polling. But they harbor skepticism about the ability of government to regulate it — and rightfully so. Therefore, it’s particularly concerning when prominent thought leaders and lawmakers crusade for larger roles for the state in AI. For example, […]
The average American adult can meet the challenge of ensuring a resilient retirement income even in the absence of a fiscally challenged Social Security program. At retirement, the individual must have accumulated an endowment fund that will be sufficient to provide an annual income for life that will be comparable to the individual’s earnings in […]
Some months into the COVID-19 pandemic, I learned that my children had begun watching the Australian cartoon series “Bluey.” My first instinct was to deliver a sermon on politicization. Surely the Land Down Under, imposer of some of the strictest lockdown measures on the planet, would use its cultural export to lecture children on the […]
Google Gemini, why are people using artificial intelligence at work when they should know by now that it’s unreliable and that they’re proving that they’re no longer worth their paycheck, because a machine will phone it in for free? “Human perversity, laziness and stupidity come to mind,” Gemini said after thinking for a millisecond. ”But […]
National Park Service crews turned on the spigot Thursday to begin filling the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, capping President Donald Trump’s citywide beautification initiative for Washington, D.C., in time for America’s 250th anniversary. The plan, which included the reopening of nine historic fountains across the city, is a reminder that the decrepit state of most […]
