It is becoming more and more clear that while the internet has provided enormous benefit to human society, there have also been some bad outcomes, most notably the negative impact of social media platforms on the critical thinking and interpersonal and communication skills of our children. This troubling trend is accelerating as social media platforms […]
The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in Wolford v. Lopez, and the question it answered sounds almost whimsical: must a licensed gun owner get express permission before carrying a legally permitted firearm into a restaurant or hardware store? Hawaii said yes. The Second Amendment, properly understood, says no — and on Thursday the court agreed. […]
Last week, I stood at the foot of Mount Rushmore. Like millions of Americans before me, I looked up at the granite faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln and felt a familiar sense of awe. The monument captures something essential about the American story: courage, vision, sacrifice, and leadership carved […]
The podcaster has taken to wasting his talents on an eccentric, toxic agenda: Mysteriously pro-Vladimir Putin, obsessively anti-Israel, weirdly ashamed of America.
The Democratic Socialist rise demonstrates how small, highly organized factions can capture low-turnout primaries and exercise political influence well beyond their numbers.
People are fed up with the slowing economy and are taking their frustrations out on the incumbent party. Democrats romped to victory in last year’s off-cycle elections and may do so again in the midterm elections in November. Exit polls from 2025 revealed that two of the biggest issues on voters’ minds were the economy […]
The United Nations has found a new villain in the global war on poverty: the very jobs that have lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty in recent decades. A new U.N. report, “Roadmap for Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth,” says economic growth is no longer an acceptable way to fight poverty. Why? Because […]
The Iran war has turned into a political disaster for President Donald Trump. The conflict was never popular to begin with, and predictably, support for it has dropped over time. Eighty percent of Americans favor ending the war as quickly as possible. Despite an overwhelming victory on the battlefield, the president and his negotiators pivoted […]
Few public policy issues divide Americans as deeply as laws regulating gun ownership or the recreational use of marijuana. Yet, last week, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in United States v. Hemani, a case in which unlawful drug use collided with the right to keep and bear arms. This rare showing of unity […]
President Donald Trump is presenting the Iran negotiations as proof that U.S. and Israeli military pressure worked. In contrast, Iran is leveraging its survival of that military campaign, claiming it entered negotiations on its own terms. Iran’s contention is the more accurate one. The truth? The Trump administration used force against Iran, raised expectations of […]
Mikhail Gorbachev never intended to liquidate the Soviet empire. Perestroika and glasnost were meant to rescue a bankrupt ideology and a moribund economy after the West’s relentless pressure exposed communism’s hollowness. Instead, they hastened the empire’s unraveling. The system collapsed not because Gorbachev hated it, but because his reforms could not save what ideology and […]
At times, a boxing match is not won when punches are being traded, but in the pauses between them. For the casual observer, nothing appears to be happening. The crowd grows restless, awaiting results, while the fighters circle one another, catch their breath, study reactions, assess damage, and reset their footing. Yet seasoned fighters understand […]
A flu outbreak has torn through the basic training wing at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, sickening more than 220 recruits and raising hard questions about War Secretary Pete Hegseth’s decision, less than two months earlier, to drop the requirement that all troops get a flu shot. The outbreak hit the 37th Training […]
At a moment when people seem to disagree on almost everything, there is an encouraging surprise beneath the headlines: We have not given up on one another. As our nation approaches its 250th birthday, many are taking stock of the republic we have inherited, and they are voicing concern. A new NBC News national survey, […]
