Post-election celebrations erupted in the streets of Budapest over the weekend after Hungarian voters ousted Prime Minister Viktor Orban after 16 years, handing pro-EU opposition leader Peter Magyar a supermajority and depriving Moscow of its closest friend inside NATO. However, the challenge of Russian electoral interference in Europe is not over. Instead, it is shifting […]
The following is an installment of “On This Day,” a series celebrating America’s 250th anniversary by following the actions of Gen. George Washington, the Continental Congress, and the men and women whose bravery and sacrifice led up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. April 17, 1776 Gen. George Washington confronts a dangerous problem […]
James Carville, a longtime adviser to former President Bill Clinton, coined the phrase, “It’s the economy, stupid,” to capture voters’ anxiety about their personal finances, jobs, and the cost of living. That same anxiety exists today, and employers, employees, and patients are looking for relief. Right now, far too many Americans are being priced out […]
Imagine it was someone other than President Donald Trump. Suppose a different leader were posting deranged rants in the small hours, insulting the spiritual leader of 1.3 billion Catholics, threatening entire civilizations with annihilation, and comparing himself to God. What would be the reaction? We all know the answer. Both parties would be rushing to […]
War Secretary Pete Hegseth thinks of President Donald Trump as a modern-day Jesus. Or at least that’s what he appeared to suggest at his Pentagon briefing Thursday morning. Hegseth was customarily kinetic toward the press, but this time he reached for a Biblical comparison to smite his scribbling adversaries. “The Pharisees — the so-called and […]
Amnesty for illegal immigrants is a very real possibility right now, because a small band of renegade House Republicans might cross party lines to work with Democrats to seize control of the floor via a discharge petition and pass a bill over the objections of the House GOP leadership and the vast majority of the […]
Through the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, the 1857 Dred Scott case, and back to the beginning of the republic, Supreme Court politics have mattered more than it’s been quite polite to acknowledge. The notion that justices rule always strictly on law rather than by reference to their political leanings has been a genteel fiction. […]
In the landscape of 2026, American education is undergoing a long-overdue “Great Recalibration.” From the surge in universal school choice to the revival of classical curricula, parents and policymakers are reclaiming the classroom. Yet, one powerful gatekeeper remains largely unchallenged, quietly shaping how the next generation perceives the natural world: the North American Association for […]
Hungarian financial markets have welcomed Peter Magyar’s Tisza Party victory over Viktor Orban. This historic moment could mark the beginning of a post-Orban economic boom. But only if the new leadership capitalizes on it. Hungary’s road map to prosperity will only be achieved by curbing kleptocracy, limiting hostile foreign influence, and reversing the centralization of […]
Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lonnie Bunch III survived another meeting of the governing Board of Regents this week. The secretive conclave took place Monday, and according to a spokesperson who clearly didn’t want to talk: “They didn’t vote on anything.” The next scheduled meeting is June 8, less than a month before the nation celebrates the […]
In a February meeting with the Trump administration, United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby floated the idea of a merger between his company, United Airlines, and American Airlines. Most analysts and antitrust experts quickly rejected the proposal, arguing it would harm competition. But antitrust law is about more than simply preserving the largest number of competitors. It is about efficiency […]
Iran is moving to charge the world for passing through the Strait of Hormuz. The last time the United States faced something similar, Founding Father and America’s third president, Thomas Jefferson, went to war to stop it. In 1801, Jefferson refused to pay tribute to the Barbary States — regimes that taxed maritime passage through […]
