1992—In Lee v. Weisman, a 5-justice majority, in an opinion by Justice Kennedy, rules that a nondenominational prayer delivered by a rabbi at a public-school...
The tariff case, the Supreme Court’s final decisions of the term, and the nation’s Semiquincentennial all point to the same lesson: liberty depends on...
“The great masses of the people … will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one.” Adolf Hitler, 1925. In May 2026, the New York Times published an opinion article by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Nicholas Kristof alleging widespread sexual violence by Israeli authorities against Palestinians. Kristof “exposes” a pattern […]
Tuesday morning, Savannah Guthrie sat at the desk where she has anchored the news for millions of people and begged anyone with information about her mother to come forward. “Somebody knows something,” she said. “We are in agony and we cannot be at peace. This is a moment to tell you we need your help. […]
American foreign assistance can be a powerful instrument of good — but is best when it is managed with discipline, strategic intent, and genuine accountability. We know this from direct experience running foreign assistance at the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development during the first Trump administration. The lesson was unambiguous: The effectiveness […]