First, congratulations are in order for former President Barack Obama on receiving an honorary doctorate from Queen’s University. It is yet another distinguished honor in a remarkable public career. There was hope that Obama might reconsider and retract his remarks made in Belfast on Oct. 13. But with no public retraction to date, a response […]
At a 2006 Gdansk seminar to mark the 25th anniversary of Poland’s Solidarity Movement, former Carter administration national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski spoke about the moral imperative of liberty. He saw the fall of the Iron Curtain in the willingness of both Democrats and Republicans to oppose communism and stand up for liberty. At dinner, […]
The Democratic Socialists of America are sali vating. Their end game is in sight. But America’s rescue could ride in on the barges, cargo ships, and tugs of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron — under American flags. A Republican Senate would be an important check on a Democratic-controlled House with a small army of DSA […]
Justice must be balanced with mercy, enforcement must be humane, and America should be a welcoming country. Compassion really is a virtue in governance. But prudent compassion is made impossible by the very left-wing Democratic politicians who preach it the most. Americans will welcome immigrants less warmly if we know Democratic prosecutors give them special […]
Two years ago, I implored Congress and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence specifically to allow me to brief them on evidence the U.S. government possesses of pulsed microwave attacks allegedly perpetrated by Russia, causing so-called Havana Syndrome. These attacks have injured hundreds of U.S. government personnel, including myself, my wife and my two...
In today’s issue: President Trump's South America policy suffered setbacks on Sunday as a key ally took a stunning defeat in Brazil and Venezuela's top opposition leader returned to her home country to challenge its Trump-backed leader. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva pulled off a decisive comeback to win another term as president in its runoff after...
Democratic governors face an end-of-year deadline to join the nation's first federal school choice program, a decision that could bring massive amounts of money to their states but which opponents fear could severely undermine public schools. Thirty-one states have opted into the GOP-passed initiative, but so far, that number includes only two blue ones: Colorado...