On the anniversary of Bashar Assad’s fall, a small group of professionals gathered at Aznavour, a restaurant in Damascus’s Old City. Red light washed over stone walls as hookah smoke hung in the air and a television cycled through Arabic music videos. They had come to talk about what had changed in Syria — and […]
Playwright Peter Shaffer (1926-2016) chased the same idea for 30 years. A mild-mannered, rule-bound protagonist meets a counterpart who is wild at heart. Our hero is at first repelled but soon becomes fascinated, envious, even obsessed. Theatergoers who remember Five Finger Exercise (1958), The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1964), Equus (1973), and Lettice and […]
Like a shark hunter who has lost track of the shark, or an adventurer unable to locate the Ark of the Covenant, Steven Spielberg has been drifting for the better part of the decade. In recent years, Spielberg has seemed far removed from the glories of Jaws (1975) or Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), to say nothing of […]
President Donald Trump says he wants to avoid more lives being lost in Lebanon. But doing so will require reversing disastrous policy decisions and rhetoric he and his lieutenants have recently adopted. Trump and his administration should empower Israel, not restrain it. And the president should not give Iran and its proxies, such as Hezbollah, […]
While the functions data centers perform are essential to daily life in so many ways, in regions around the country, they are under growing public pressure. Across the nation and across party lines, communities are pushing back against permitting and construction, including centers badly needed to house the computing power for data, phones, computers, and […]
It’s been a busy couple of months for Lina Khan, former President Joe Biden’s head of the Federal Trade Commission, who waged a one-woman campaign against American businesses until President Donald Trump told her “You’re fired.” First, Khan was spotted working on socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s transition team. Birds of a feather, […]
In a recent Presidential Declaration on America’s 250th anniversary, the White House affirmed the constitutional principles of separation of powers and checks and balances. But actions speak louder than words. Whether it is military interventions, emergency declarations, student loan forgiveness, or tariff policy, modern presidents increasingly act first and ask Congress later. The usual response is to […]
President Donald Trump will mark his first domestic trip on Tuesday since the G7 summit of world leaders with a visit to the iconic Mack truck facility in Lehigh Valley, a White House official exclusively told the Washington Examiner on Thursday. “President Trump will travel to Macungie, Pennsylvania on Tuesday to stand with the American […]
Pregnancy centers have been helping women and men face unplanned pregnancies and new parenthood for nearly 60 years. Today, there are nearly 3,000 of these centers across the country providing pregnancy-related resources and support, typically at no cost. These centers commonly offer pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, STI and STD testing, material assistance such as diapers and […]
The race for artificial intelligence leadership will be the defining economic and national security competition of the 21st century. President Donald Trump understands this, which is why the delegation on his recent trip to China included a who’s who of tech titans. It is a telling sign of just how central AI technology has become […]
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) is attempting to bind the Kids Online Safety Act to renewed federal efforts to block some state laws governing artificial intelligence. Bigger isn’t always better. But it is when you’re trying to find a way forward for unpopular legislation. KOSA has been introduced in the past three Congresses, and so far […]
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) expressed his intention Thursday to subpoena Dr. Anthony Fauci over allegations that he covered up his role in the COVID-19 pandemic. Will we finally see justice served? Paul spoke to a small gathering hosted by Young America’s Foundation about his push to expose the extent to which Fauci lied to the […]
When it comes to impaired driving, Americans largely understand the risks of alcohol. Decades of research, public awareness campaigns, and law enforcement efforts have created a system where impairment can be measured, prosecuted, and deterred with relative consistency. Drug-impaired driving is a different story. As the founder of DUID Victim Voices, I have spent years working […]
For most people, the recent Los Angeles election probably seems like a running joke. More than two weeks have passed since the June 2 election, yet bureaucrats are still counting votes. But this farce is no laughing matter. Democrats want to nationalize California’s foolish voting laws, bringing seemingly endless confusion, and a much higher chance […]
You can always tell when the White House knows it has a problem, when its allies are turning against it, and it has an awkward proposition to sell: It sends out the vice president. “All right. Good morning, everybody. Nothing to talk about,” a beaming JD Vance said as he hopped onto the podium of […]
American taxpayers should not bankroll refugee camps that Iranian-backed terrorists have turned into operational sanctuaries. Since 1950, Washington has poured more than $7.3 billion into sustaining Palestinian refugee camps, with the largest share supporting Gaza operations. Certainly, this has subsidized the geography of permanent conflict: camps that Arab governments refuse to solve, terrorists exploit, and […]
While President Donald Trump wages the most aggressive U.S. crackdown on drug cartels in nearly 40 years, his daughter and son-in-law are set to inject hundreds of millions of dollars into the illegal drug trade. Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are not stupid people. While support for criminality is presumably not their intent, they are […]
President Donald Trump declared at the Group of Seven summit in France that his deal with Iran would bring peace and stability. Markets cheered. European leaders applauded. The White House presented the agreement as a diplomatic triumph. History has heard this speech before. In 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain returned from Munich waving an […]
