I escaped China after helping lead the 1989 pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square. Now I'm fighting for the release of Jimmy Lai, who bravely continued the struggle.
Two years removed from the train wreck of the Biden-Harris era, the American Left still has a major credibility crisis. Stinging from the generational inflation of the Biden years, they are desperate to center the 2026 midterm elections on “affordability.” Meanwhile, they continue pushing climate policies that are driving prices even higher. New York is […]
Throughout American history, housing has been one of the clearest expressions of opportunity, stability, and community. But every generation has faced housing challenges. Today is no different: Many communities understand the problem yet remain trapped by systems that make solutions difficult to implement. This summer, the landmark 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act became law. […]
In the space of one week, the people building artificial intelligence told the world it could end all of humanity. This month, Evan Hubinger, lead of Alignment Science at Anthropic, put in his own odds, “We really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans! I personally think it is >10% within the next decade.” […]
The political prosecution of Daniel Penny in New York City may have failed, but the chilling effect it will have on public safety, especially in the subway system, will resonate for years. Penny is a former U.S. Marine who found himself in the same subway car as Jordan Neely, a mentally ill homeless man with […]
Over the past two years, pundits, pollsters, the media, and liberal politicians all predicted that House Republicans would lose the majority in 2024. They were proven wrong on Nov. 5, when the public gave President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans a mandate with unified control of government. As members-elect who flipped five seats and secured a Republican […]
It has been five years since the COVID-19 pandemic sprung out of Wuhan, China, and the World Health Organization is still incapable of doing anything other than begging the Chinese Communist Party to let it view more information about the origins of the virus. The World Health Organization commemorated five years since the start of […]
Toward the end of A Complete Unknown, a good biopic about Bob Dylan that opened on Christmas, there is a key scene in which Dylan manager Albert Grossman barks at folk music legend Pete Seeger, “You’re pushing candles, and he’s selling lightbulbs,” to which Seeger retorts, “You’re the only one selling anything here, Albert!” The […]
It is an unfortunate reality that being in the know about celebrities’ affairs takes little to no effort. The common person is over-invested in such news, yet Hollywood has made it so that its divorces are completely negligible. They are a dime a dozen — just about as frequent as Hollywood marriages, and given how […]
For all the heat generated by the recent discussion among Republicans about H-1B visas, there is much agreement within the conservative coalition on the matter. It shows that the incoming Trump administration has thought these matters through and is prepared to make the immigration system serve Americans once again. The H-1B visa program was created […]
At least temporarily on Wednesday, the FBI was clearly concerned that the ISIS-inspired/-directed attack in New Orleans may have been the work of a broader cell of terrorists. Early on Wednesday morning, a U.S. citizen, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, drove a truck at high speed into New Year’s Eve revelers celebrating on New Orleans’s famous Bourbon Street. […]
There's a huge disconnect between the ideological beliefs of black voters and their election behavior that no modern Republican — not even Donald Trump — has...
New Year’s Day is a good time to take a long look backward with a cautious eye toward possible futures. My guide here is Real Clear Politics analyst Sean Trende’s 2012 book The Lost Majority, whose bold thesis was unduly neglected by political scientists spinning tales of a permanent New Deal Democratic majority. Trende’s thesis […]
