Trump amplified a plan for expedited legal pathways for Jewish Canadians fleeing antisemitic persecution as Christian lawmakers press his administration.
Conservatives have long held that the family, not the government, is the fundamental unit of society. Strong families are the cornerstone of strong communities, and strong communities sustain a great nation. This view is grounded in the Bible and in reason. So long as we prioritize the family as an institution established by God, we […]
As Americans across the country grapple with economic challenges, such as finding affordable housing, dealing with rising costs from inflation, and managing increased debt from credit cards and medical debt, federal bureaucrats in Washington, D.C., continue to propose misguided solutions to these very real problems. One agency in particular, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, seems […]
In October 2023, the Hawaii Supreme Court allowed the city and county of Honolulu to proceed with state law-based claims against fossil fuel companies. This case has now reached the threshold of the U.S. Supreme Court, with defendants asking the high court to review whether state or federal law applies to these claims. One amicus […]
For its observers, the Supreme Court’s schedule involves a lot of waiting. Cases the justices accept usually take months to get to oral arguments. After those arguments, more months pass before the release of a decision. Thus, a term that begins in October tends to not see big opinions handed down until June — the […]
Throughout the American experiment in democracy, good, old-fashioned plain-speaking has always been the coin of the realm. Even when they were delivering difficult messages or advancing controversial ideas, the best political leaders strove to communicate clearly, speak frankly, and use simple language likely to be understood by the widest swath of people possible. From “Honest […]
Xi Jinping‘s recent European tour was an unprecedented spectacle in international affairs: an Asian leader was arriving as representative of a great power to lesser nations of an anxious continent. China’s strongman landed in Paris on May 5, amid diplomatic pleasantries. Behind the gift exchange, including fine French cognac, any hopes French President Emmanuel Macron […]
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the release of Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace this month, the film has returned to theaters. And at the behest of the editors of this magazine, I returned to theaters to watch it on the big screen once again, as I did for its 20th anniversary […]
Generation Z has shocked their elders. The campus protests that have swept the country reflect deep-seated anti-Israel sentiment — and worse. In December, a Harvard/Harris poll found that 67% of 18-24-year-olds agreed “Jews as a class are oppressors and should be treated as oppressors.” By contrast, 27% of all adults agreed. This has manifested in […]
“Cui bono?” asked the ancients, whose wisdom we’d be foolish to toss aside. For by answering the question “Who benefits?” we may ascertain who is committing the crime that ails us. The crime in question is the mayhem being visited on the college campuses and streets of America. Today the cause is Gaza, but our […]
Like most people, I sometimes wonder how life might have unfolded had I made, at critical junctures, a different choice. What I haven’t done is break into a parallel reality, identify a better version of myself, and force him at gunpoint to trade places. Laziness? The reader may suspect so. Then again, parting ways with […]
It is like a news item from the early 20th century: an autocratic prime minister shot by a poet in some remote Mitteleuropean town. But the more we consider the assassination attempt on Robert Fico, Slovakia’s strongman, the more contemporary it looks. Fico himself is a creature of the modern age, a former communist apparatchik […]
The medium, as they say, is the message. And the message of social media is that you don’t owe anyone anything, that connection is vulnerability, that life is a series of transactions, and that anyone who tells you differently is just trying to exploit you. “Here’s the thing: Small acts of kindess that are mostly […]
A week after gifting Chinese electric vehicle component manufacturers billions in tax credits, President Joe Biden sought to undo that political damage by slapping tariffs on fully made Chinese electric cars. These contradicting policies won’t work economically or help Biden politically, but they do point to the commonsense way forward. Namely, an end to Biden’s […]
