1985—Extending an error it made two years earlier, the Sixth Circuit (in Policy v. Powell Pressed Steel Co.) distorts ordinary contract principles as it construes a…
Foggy Bottom’s obsession with a dysfunctional Bosnian condominium ignores reality and creates a dangerous strategic vacuum. History proves that the Western Balkans cannot survive multi-ethnic experiments, which inevitably collapse under internal contradictions. Instead of worshiping dead institutional stability, Washington must forge a realistic diplomatic road map guiding Republika Srpska toward independence. True regional stability requires […]
The ongoing geopolitical standoff between Washington and Tehran is frequently analyzed through a traditional lens of military strategy, but its most defining feature is actually behavioral. Observers are routinely baffled by a recurring cycle of communication: The American presidency issues warnings of total destruction, only to transition seamlessly within days to declaring that an historic […]
I’m a glass-is-half-empty sort of guy when it comes to elections. I always see the race that could go wrong, the supposedly safe seat that isn’t safe, and the political wave that could disappear before reaching shore. But pessimism isn’t the same thing as denial. Republicans need a sober, detached assessment of 2026 because nobody […]
When the George W. Bush administration launched the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq more than two decades ago, China found itself in an extraordinarily favorable strategic position. While the United States devoted vast military, political, and financial resources to the Middle East, Beijing largely stayed out of the fray, quietly “concealing its strengths and biding […]
Equal parts George Orwell and unrestrained teenage hormones, director Will Gluck’s One Night Only imagines a dystopian America where a religious administration has banned premarital sex. The preposterous prohibition is enforced through biometric sensors that detect certain hormonal spikes and summon SWAT teams to thwart your carnal endeavors. The only caveat to this prudish regime, […]
For decades, Madrid’s leftist foreign policy establishment has substituted strategic clarity with moral bankruptcy, quietly strengthening Iran’s military-industrial capacity. At the same time, Washington policymakers indulge in the delusion that Europe stands united against Islamist aggression. While the trend spans ideological lines, socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero truly opened the floodgates. Spain’s own […]
European equities are suddenly a favorite of global investors. The STOXX 600, the benchmark index of European stocks, is trading at record highs. To illustrate the strength of the market, the index rose every day last week. Since the beginning of the year, European stocks have been up about 12%. The major catalyst behind the positive […]
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) has misread the SAVE America Act. In her Wall Street Journal op-ed laying out her opposition to the legislation, she repeatedly misstates what the bill requires, overlooks safeguards written directly into its text, and presents speculative worst-case scenarios as inevitable consequences. Her misbegotten criticism rests on several fundamental misreadings of the […]
The Democratic Party is in a bind. There is a general acknowledgment that voters this November and beyond might easily be put off by the radical policies of many Democratic candidates, such as abolishing the police, abolishing ICE, and paying for sex change operations for illegal immigrants with tax dollars. Such extremes and general weirdness […]
WNBA star Sophie Cunningham is right: Keeping biological men out of women’s sports is common sense. Ex-NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom drove home that...
