According to a recent poll, almost half of people under 30 say they would vote for a socialist presidential candidate. Conservatives can respond by pointing to socialism’s dismal historical record. They would be right — and they would be missing the point. Conservatives should not assume young people are embracing socialism because they have been […]

Lawyers, like boxers, are forged through adversity, not affirmation. At West Point, I boxed on the women’s boxing team. I spent hours drilling footwork, shadowboxing, and stepping into the ring to spar. I learned I was a terrible boxer, but I loved the challenge of testing my body under pressure and learning, albeit painfully, from […]

In the name of making higher education more transparent, Congress is attempting to codify an unprecedented data-collection scheme. Instead of fixing our education system, it would be a disastrous, unnecessary breach of privacy. In an age of Flock cameras, digital assistants, and artificial intelligence embedded into every device and every app, people increasingly feel like […]

The most useful warning about military automation last week did not come from a drone swarm, a command center, or a classified exercise. It came from the freezer aisle of a base commissary. Beginning Aug. 26, military installations across the United States reported refrigeration failures. At Fort Huachuca, Arizona, the commissary said all its freezers […]