Progressives have been relentless in their assault on successful school choice programs this year, recently targeting Wisconsin’s popular programs. Fortunately, the litigation attack against Wisconsin’s voucher programs has just been defanged, though certainly the political offensive continues. Wisconsin teachers’ unions and their allies recently filed a lawsuit claiming the Wisconsin legislature has failed to provide […]

In September 2008, in the woods outside the occupied Georgian town of Kareli, the fighters under my command demanded to see my documents. They refused to believe that a sitting member of parliament and former chief of the military police was fighting beside them as an ordinary rifleman. I produced my parliamentary credentials. They passed […]

The twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24, killing more than 1,700 people and leaving entire neighborhoods in ruins, have become more than a natural disaster. They have exposed the deep structural failures of the Venezuelan state — failures that have been decades in the making and that no political rebranding can conceal. As […]

American citizenship has been defined, officially, by one’s birthplace. It must also include one’s sense of belonging. This week’s Supreme Court ruling has answered, at least for now, the constitutional question: Who qualifies for citizenship under the law? But a more difficult question remains: What does citizenship require once it is conferred? Over time, American […]

The United States, Mexico, and Canada approached the first review deadline for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement this week. Policymakers faced a straightforward choice. Either extend the agreement and preserve at least some semblance of stability in North American trade, or open the door to years of economic uncertainty and potentially higher tariffs. President Donald Trump has […]