On the anniversary of Bashar Assad’s fall, a small group of professionals gathered at Aznavour, a restaurant in Damascus’s Old City. Red light washed over stone walls as hookah smoke hung in the air and a television cycled through Arabic music videos. They had come to talk about what had changed in Syria — and […]
Playwright Peter Shaffer (1926-2016) chased the same idea for 30 years. A mild-mannered, rule-bound protagonist meets a counterpart who is wild at heart. Our hero is at first repelled but soon becomes fascinated, envious, even obsessed. Theatergoers who remember Five Finger Exercise (1958), The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1964), Equus (1973), and Lettice and […]
Like a shark hunter who has lost track of the shark, or an adventurer unable to locate the Ark of the Covenant, Steven Spielberg has been drifting for the better part of the decade. In recent years, Spielberg has seemed far removed from the glories of Jaws (1975) or Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), to say nothing of […]
President Donald Trump says he wants to avoid more lives being lost in Lebanon. But doing so will require reversing disastrous policy decisions and rhetoric he and his lieutenants have recently adopted. Trump and his administration should empower Israel, not restrain it. And the president should not give Iran and its proxies, such as Hezbollah, […]
I didn’t support President Donald Trump’s Iran strikes. Much like the late Charlie Kirk, I believe regime change in Iran could very likely make the world less stable by triggering a refugee crisis, revenge terrorist attacks, and civil war among the Iranian people. But the strikes happened, and that doesn’t mean everything will inevitably end […]
The month of March brought Islamic terrorism back into the headlines. An immigrant from Sierra Leone shouting “Allahu Akbar” reportedly opened fire at ROTC cadets at Old Dominion University. A Lebanese-born man allegedly crashed his vehicle into a Michigan synagogue. A Muslim from Senegal, wearing a “Property of Allah” sweatshirt, reportedly shot and killed four […]
Three years ago, a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. The impact was devastating for families and communities across the region. The cleanup bill for that single accident has now surpassed $2.2 billion. And that figure doesn’t begin to capture the lost productivity, diminished property values, or the emotional toll borne by […]
BENGHAZI, Libya — Benghazi remains seared in American minds due to the murder of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens 14 years ago, when Islamist extremists attacked the U.S. Consulate. Today, Benghazi is a very different place. The murder shocked not only Americans but also Libyans. The 2011 Revolution in Libya began in front of a Benghazi […]
It’s no secret that healthcare is a hotbed of anti-American ideology. Medical educators and providers have thoroughly embraced DEI, with all its demands for indoctrination and discrimination. But it also seems increasingly clear that employers across the medical establishment are favoring foreigners over Americans, too — potentially in direct violation of federal law. On Monday, […]
The rapid evolution of U.S. national security strategy in the Western Hemisphere has taken a decisive turn with the launch of the “Shield of the Americas” — a multinational initiative that is already reshaping diplomatic, military, and law enforcement cooperation across the region. In the wake of former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s reassignment as […]
Washington state Democrats just passed a $3.7 billion tax hike, which Democrats claim will go to “critical services” such as “education,” “child care,” “healthcare,” and “other services Washington families rely on.” But few details in the legislation have been provided on how this money will be spent or who it will go to. If a […]
