As Putin’s counteroffensives stall in Avdiivka, Kupiansk and elsewhere in the Donbas, the Kremlin has sought to achieve a military advantage for its beleaguered forces by putting Ukrainian noncombatants in the crosshairs
A federal appeals court ruled Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis violated a state attorney's First Amendment rights when he suspended him in 2022 for neglect of duty and incompetence.
As insurgency ravaged Iraq, Iraqi Kurdistan sought to depict itself as an island of stability, security, and even affluence. It pitched itself as a democratic oasis and a haven of religious freedom. Whether out of naivete or greed, Western governments embraced and amplified the fiction. Reality transcends. Not only do the two dominant political families […]
This week, former decadeslong director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and professional human manifestation of “the science,” Anthony Fauci, was grilled on COVID-19. A Republican-led House select subcommittee hearing on the coronavirus pandemic, headed by Brad Wenstrup (R-OH), took place behind closed doors. It was billed as an attempt to focus […]
Fifty years ago, the Endangered Species Act was signed into law by President Richard Nixon with the intention of establishing a clear process for recovering species on the verge of extinction. In the years that have passed since its enactment, this well-intended law has taken on a life of its own and has dramatically shifted […]
Are conservatives plotting to subvert American institutions? Tucked inside the op-ed that Claudine Gay published in the New York Times the day after she stepped down as Harvard president, she included this bold assertion. Gay made the accusation twice in her op-ed, so it was not a passing fancy. She devoted a full paragraph to […]
Managing U.S.-China relations is a delicate act. One wrong move can blow the entire ship off course. I’ve repeatedly described the bilateral relationship as an apt example of the one-step-forward, two-steps-back phenomenon. Whether it’s a foolish, ego-driven trip to Taiwan by a House speaker or a surveillance balloon hovering over America, officials seeking improved relations are often […]