We all have our childhood Christmas memories. I think of dad reading ’Twas the Night Before Christmas and the nativity story from our massive family Bible. My wife always recalls gathering with her dozens of cousins. My children will always remember when our two dogs murdered a raccoon on the back deck before sunrise. She […]
The United States has removed Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism as the Trump administration seeks to shape an emerging new order in the Middle East. But in its eagerness to seize that opportunity, it may have surrendered its leverage prematurely. On Monday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that Syria’s designation […]
Gavin Newsom has sought to transform California's massive prison system into a Nordic-style rehabilitation program. Newsom has placed a moratorium on all executions, transferred...
This essay is a part of The Right Way Forward, Restoring America’s new think tank debate series in which leading conservative institutions argue the defining questions of the post-Trump era. Read about the series here. For decades, conservatives agreed on the simple premise that the best foundation for good jobs, rising wages, and expanding opportunity […]
Welcome to Wednesday’s edition of Washington Secrets, which comes to you refreshed and reinvigorated after a break. Today, we run the rule over polling from North Carolina, with surprising results in a Senate race that might not be as clear-cut as you thought. Plus, we take a look at some of the mysterious language in […]
In the past six months, Nigeria has seemingly received more attention in U.S. media than ever before. Unfortunately, most of that attention has centered on terrorist attacks and killings. It is true that Nigeria is confronting a multipronged security crisis, with terrorist groups such as Boko Haram and ISIS operating in the north and militant […]
Across the United States, thousands of water and wastewater professionals work every day to deliver essential and affordable services to communities of all sizes. Yet access and affordability are not a given for all. While water is typically the lowest-priced utility, nearly 1 in 7 households in the U.S. — or 19 million — lack […]
It could very well be that the embarrassing spelling and clerical errors Virginia’s attorney general’s office has made in the legal battle over redistricting are due to incompetence. Attorney General Jay Jones is a man who has wished for the children of his political opponents to be killed, and such venality never correlates strongly with […]
For a political party full of politicians who stressed the importance of being honest with the people, Democrats sure enjoy lying to people. Legislators in the left-wing political party continue to exempt themselves from the standards to which they hold Republicans. The one senator who arguably does this the most is El Salvador enthusiast Sen. […]
In a characteristically blunt Oval Office assessment on Monday, President Donald Trump described the ceasefire with Iran as being on “massive life support.” However, the most explosive detail of his remarks was not the failing diplomacy, but his repeated frustration regarding an allegedly failed covert operation to arm Iranian protesters. Trump confirmed once again that […]
Small business owners are struggling to keep up with the rising cost of healthcare. Nearly a third have recently stopped offering health benefits as premiums continue to climb. It is critical that lawmakers understand the various reasons for rising costs, and begin to address them now — one by one — or small businesses will […]
After 15 years of nearly flat electricity consumption, U.S. power demand has been climbing about 2.1% a year since 2020. That sounds modest; it is not. The United States is now adding roughly 120 billion kilowatt-hours of new annual electricity load, the equivalent of plugging in nearly 12 million American homes every year. The grid […]
President Donald Trump has long considered European states freeloaders on defense and diplomacy. He was not wrong. A major first-term achievement was naming, shaming, and forcing countries to meet their NATO budget commitments. In Iraq and Afghanistan, most European states — the United Kingdom and Denmark excepted — would avoid combat but then demand equal […]
