The nation is not in terminal decline. U.S. foreign policy is not characterized by arrogance, and Vladimir Putin’s Russia will be contained in Eastern Europe. Christopher Caldwell, in a recent New York Times opinion piece, says that U.S. policy debates over Ukraine prove otherwise. He is wrong. U.S. policy regarding Ukraine is more about containing Russian […]
What if every weekend could be a long weekend? That’s the question some people are asking after Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced legislation this week to reduce the standard workweek to 32 hours — supposedly, with no loss in pay! It might sound dreamy, but like so many of Sanders’s bold plans that promise to […]
The City of Miami Beach announced that it would be imposing a midnight curfew this weekend, ahead of expected spring break crowds. The curfew will be in effect as of 11:59 p.m. on Friday, March 15 until Monday, March 18 at 6 a.m., the city said in a release. The news of the curfew follows...
The City of Chicago announced Friday that 34 people will be leaving migrant shelters in the city Sunday, after receiving extensions from their originally planned releases earlier this year. “Our city is committed to compassion,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said in a statement. “By encouraging resettlement while also providing case-specific extensions with a focus on health...
Funding for a Kenyan-led multinational police force in Haiti could be an unintended victim of partisan budget fights on Capitol Hill, as Republicans resist Biden administration demands for an additional $40 million for a deployment to the Caribbean nation overrun by gang violence. Port-au-Prince has devolved into chaos, with Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigning this week and...
Democratic anger over Israel’s war in Gaza reached a new level Thursday with a dramatic speech from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on the Senate floor. Although he didn’t call for a cease-fire, America’s top Jewish leader opened a new broadside against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with the war still raging, calling for...
Democrats are in survival mode in trying to rebuild the coalition that helped President Biden win the White House in 2020, working to bring critical voters back to the fold at this point rather than substantially trying to grow the base. The strategy is unfolding in part from Biden’s travel patterns and appearances. This week,...
The battle to become the Senate GOP’s nominee in Ohio against Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) is getting nastier by the day, just as former President Trump gets set to make his presence felt on Saturday. What had long been a three-way brawl appears to have winnowed down to a two-way race between as businessman Bernie...