A C-17 Globemaster left Joint Base Andrews on Aug. 25, routed by way of Riga, Latvia, and landed in Moscow. CIA Director John Ratcliffe was aboard and spent about eight hours there. The Kremlin says he did not meet Russian President Vladimir Putin. President Donald Trump called the trip semi-routine. What Ratcliffe carried there is […]
On May 29, the lower house of Poland’s parliament voted 428-3 to honor the 250th anniversary of American independence. Nobody voted against. Watching from the gallery was Tom Rose, the U.S. ambassador who had spent the previous four months in an open, personal feud with the marshal who announced the result. Rules of professional diplomacy […]
The Islamic Republic of Iran is getting by with a little help from its friends. Moscow has played a significant role in boosting Tehran. But so too has Beijing. And that aid is reaching new heights. China’s Foreign Ministry has claimed that it is “working tirelessly for peace” and seeking an end to the war […]
Ahead of the 2026 elections, a swath of Democrats in office and on the campaign trail are trying to curry favor with voters by calling for wealth taxes to fund a list of progressive policies, from dental and vision health insurance to universal child care. The most notable proposal, a ballot measure in California with […]
Albert Einstein is purported to have said, “In the midst of every crisis, lies great opportunity.” While Einstein’s brilliant intellect is uncontested, three major oil supply interruptions over the past five decades have failed to produce sustainable U.S. energy policies. Instead, during high price episodes, we hear a lot of rhetoric and even some policymaking. […]
Liberal pundits and Democrats in Congress claim that the U.S.’s elections are secure, that it is extremely difficult for noncitizens to vote, and that there is thus no need for substantial policy changes such as those contained in the SAVE America Act. But a careful review of state voter registration requirements reveals that the exact […]
Sometimes it’s hard to know if a reporter’s question comes from an antagonist lamely trying to expose supposed hypocrisy in President Donald Trump or from a sycophant teeing up a softball for him to knock out of the park. At his White House Cabinet meeting on March 26, Trump was asked why he voted by […]
A little over a year into President Donald Trump’s second term, the economy is strong. Core inflation is down to the lowest point in years, and real earnings for the private sector are up: far outpacing inflation and putting money back in American workers’ pockets. Despite these wins, healthcare costs remain a significant concern for […]
BLUFFTON, Ind. — There are no hotels in Bluffton, population 10,308. So ahead of my visit, I wrote to Kathy Gardner, proprietress of the Washington Street Inn bed & breakfast, requesting a room for two nights. “I’m so sorry,” Kathy wrote back, “but I am in the midst of shutting down.” I settle for an […]
The Democratic Party’s shutdown of the bulk of the Department of Homeland Security is now the second-longest funding gap in history. It’s delaying paychecks for millions of federal workers until there’s a resolution to the impasse, with congressional Democrats clamoring for restrictions on Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation tactics, meeting resistance from President Donald Trump […]
Generals always prepare to fight the last war. So do armchair generals. Most commentators on the American-Israeli war with Iran see the conflict through the prism of the War on Terror. We are told that the war is “neoconservative,” but also that it is the end of neoconservatism. We are told that this is Israel’s […]
One of the big cultural differences between Britain and the United States, alike in so many other ways, concerns the public status of religion. “I think I can see the whole destiny of America contained in the first Puritan who landed on those shores,” wrote Alexis de Tocqueville in 1835. Protestantism is by its nature […]
