Opinion

Criminal justice reform was peddled to voters as being about poor, underprivileged souls serving harsh sentences for smoking marijuana or some such nonsense. In reality, criminal justice reformers have fought to ensure that cold-blooded criminals avoid justice for repeated or heinous crimes. This is evident in Salem, the capital of Oregon, where a controversy has […]

THE HEART OF TRUMP’S DEPORTATION PUSH. You’ve probably heard commentators say that under President Donald Trump, Immigration and Customs Enforcement is arresting and deporting a huge number of illegal immigrants who have no criminal record. The first response to that is: if they crossed illegally into the United States, they have a criminal record. Plus, they’re […]

As Japan takes the final steps toward restarting the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, the world’s largest nuclear facility, familiar debates are resurfacing: reactor safety, seismic risk, and public trust. These problems certainly matter, especially in light of the Fukushima disaster in 2011, but they are no longer the primary constraint on nuclear energy’s future. Criticality is […]

From the One Big Beautiful Bill Act provision to defund Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers for one year to the Food and Drug Administration leadership committing to a review of the abortion pill, 2025 marked the most decisive victories for life since the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Recent YouGov polling shows that fewer than 1 in […]

Dave Chappelle is clearly a brilliant storyteller. The comedian can weave a narrative that holds your attention and drop a punch line at just the right moment. He claims to be an equal-opportunity offender. But it turns out he is afraid to offend the leftists who don’t stand up to antisemitism in Hollywood, on college […]

Perhaps the greatest legacy of President Donald Trump’s first term was ending the debate about whether China would be a cooperative power or competitor. In hindsight, it appears naive that any Republican or Democrat would believe that China wanted to do anything other than overthrow the post-World War II U.S.-led democratic international order. President Bill […]

President Donald Trump’s national strategy document “upends” America’s long-standing policy toward European nations, which have been this country’s closest allies for a century or more.  The president and his lieutenants focus on Europe’s feckless immigration policies, chronic unwillingness to pay for its own defense, its weakness in defending the Western values that undergird democratic freedom, […]

Russia’s claim that Ukraine launched aerial attack drones at President Vladimir Putin’s Moscow residence follows a familiar pattern of false Kremlin claims. This latest one surfaced as United States and Ukrainian officials reported progress in peace negotiations. Moscow is using the purported attack to cite new grounds for revising its negotiating position. Ukraine quickly rejected the […]

Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong stated that “political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.” Today, Communist China’s military power has never been greater. A new Pentagon report warns that the United States is “increasingly vulnerable” to attack. Worse still: China, well aware of its growing strength, is flexing its muscles. China’s People’s […]

We are gratified that President Donald Trump held what he described as a “terrific” meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at Mar-a-Lago on Sunday. The two leaders say that about 90% of the work toward reaching an agreement to end the war in Ukraine is now completed. This is welcome news. This war is the […]

When President Donald Trump announced the discontinuation of the penny in February, responses ranged from a resounding “meh” to borderline celebration. Outside circles of nostalgics, dedicated hobbyists, and amateur numismatists, nobody really cared. Nobody shed a tear. The only negative word anyone could muster typically came in the form of a couple of lines from commentators wondering what this […]