“Who you gonna believe, me or your lying eyes?” — Chico Marx, caught in an outlandish escapade, to Margaret Dumont in “Duck Soup,” 1933. “Help put our elections back on a level playing field and let voters decide, not politicians.” —former President Barack Obama, supported by Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), to Virginia voters this spring. […]
In David Michod’s latest film, Christy, Sydney Sweeney embodies the title role with ferocity and conviction. “Maybe it’s true,” she narrates between punches in the prologue. “Maybe I have demons inside of me.” The line, delivered mid-fight, encapsulates the film’s theme: a woman’s relentless pursuit of triumph amid the toils of tragedy. Sweeney plays Christy Martin, […]
In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture. You can find our full list of In Focus pieces here. Affordability. It is the buzzword in politics these days. And Democrats, […]
President Donald Trump has always been a mixed bag on policy, especially on economic policy. In his first term, the president made several fiscally sound moves to stimulate growth and ease the burden on taxpayers, particularly the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which provided a tax cut to most families and made America more competitive via […]
At first glance, Kazakhstan’s decision to join the Abraham Accords last week holds little relevance. Israel and Kazakhstan have held diplomatic relations for over thirty years, prompting critics to view the latter’s entry into the accords as nothing more than a self-aggrandizing act by President Donald Trump. But there is more to this decision than […]
Japan should expel the Chinese consul general to Osaka over his X post that appeared to threaten to behead Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. Xue Jian’s rhetoric goes far beyond the so-called “Wolf Warrior” tendency of Chinese diplomats to aggressively rebuke perceived slights to the Chinese Communist Party and its policies. Xue’s threat followed a parliamentary […]
In some states, such as Florida, all ballots are counted on Election Day and results are guaranteed to be certified by the end of the night. In other states, such as California, there is hardly such a thing as Election Day, and the day itself is just the beginning of weeks or months of cursing […]
The third time will not be the charm. As radical jihadis close in on Bamako, the capital of Mali and a city with roughly the same population as Los Angeles, the United States appears woefully unprepared, if not AWOL. President Donald Trump has yet to appoint an assistant secretary of State to oversee and coordinate […]
The oral arguments before the Supreme Court last week added another level of debate to the ongoing arguments among everyone interested in President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Until last week, most of the arguments about tariffs have swirled around the economic impact of the president’s tariffs. But the arguments before the court had very little to […]
Observers have long shrugged off the danger with the complacent idea that students will see through their professors’ foolishness — if not right away,...
The collapse of Chuck Schumer’s shutdown gambit when seven fellow Democrats and one independent broke ranks with him serves as a humiliating bookend to...
THE CHANGING HISTORY OF THE SHUTDOWN. Why did Senate Democrats shut the government down for more than 40 days? Now that the standoff is over, it appears a number of Democrats cannot agree among themselves on why they did what they did. The stated reason for the shutdown, of course, was the Democratic demand that Republicans extend […]
Democrats tried their hardest to convince the country that the government shutdown was the fault of President Donald Trump and the Republican Party. They relied on every political weapon at their disposal. They used their accomplices in the media. They used celebrities to advance their political narratives. They unleashed their social media army of trolls […]
