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Is personal freedom a reality or a myth? Does the government execute the will of the governed or the will of those who finance its officials? Does the Bill of Rights restrain the government? Are the levers of government power pulled by those the governed have elected or those we don't see? Do elections change anything?

Can the president kill ...Read more

There is a difference between confidence and comfort, between projecting strength and actually possessing it. In today's American economy, that difference is becoming harder to ignore.

President Donald Trump speaks often of resilience, growth and dominance. The language is bold, the tone unwavering. But beneath that optimism lies a more fragile...Read more

The president's fiscal 2027 budget is out, and I have two reactions. The first will sound familiar: Like so many budgets before it, this is not a serious effort to put America's government on a sustainable path. The second is more important: It would be a mistake to dismiss it as just another unserious document. That is exactly how we got here...Read more

On one of his recent shows, Bill Maher stated (and later posted on X), "Democrats are not going to win the midterms. Republicans are going to lose it."

In response, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) asked on X, "(1) Is he right? (2) Why?"

OK, Senator, I'll give this a shot.

If Maher is right, it's because:

1. Each day's news brings more evidence of ...Read more

America is living through a moment difficult to describe without sounding a little unhinged.

But here goes: We are watching the United States do things that only the United States can do.

In the span of a few days, Americans have watched astronauts push farther into space than any human beings in history, while U.S. forces execute military ...Read more

The United States must be growing and prosperous at home and strong and secure in the face of the many security threats facing us abroad.

The former can only be achieved with free markets and limited government domestically and the latter through a robust defense budget.

On both fronts, Democrats would take the country in the exact opposite ...Read more

Apparently, President Donald Trump's Easter weekend threats of economic obliteration by military bombardment (and perhaps the occupation of key oil export facilities) can forward diplomacy with homicidal zealots -- or whoever is left in the scattered leadership of Iran's ayatollah regime.

In Trumpian "art of the deal" terminology, the threats...Read more

"Tax the rich!" shout progressives.

Why not?

America's richest people are ridiculously rich.

"Five bucks to you is like $6 million to billionaire Jeff Bezos!" shrieks Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

Taking more from billionaires and millionaires just seems fair.

That's why Washington state passed a new "millionaire's tax."

California will soon ...Read more

When Winston Churchill -- whose mother was an American -- visited the United States in 1946, he gave a speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, in which he defined the international conflict that had arisen in the wake of World War II.

"The United States stands at this time at the pinnacle of world power," he said. "It is a solemn ...Read more

Pundits are already putting pencils to paper about who might be the Democrats' nominee for president in 2028 and how each might fare in media coverage. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore might be the next Obama model in the race, much like previous campaigns featured people posing like the new JFK, from Gary Hart to John Edwards.

Maxwell Tani, an alumnus ...Read more

Democrats keep attacking President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 as a tax cut for the rich. But the data show that the average family gained roughly $2,000 on their lower tax bill for this year. Every Democrat in Congress voted no, even as they complain of a "middle-class affordability crisis." Maybe that's because to ...Read more

PITTSBURGH -- Last September, Pastor Jason Howard of the Sanctuary Church in Pittsburgh saw a surge of young people flocking to his Christian congregation, the week after Charlie Kirk was murdered.

Howard knew that something had shifted. Yes, their congregation had always been predominantly youth-driven, but this was different. Lines began to...Read more

Society has done a terrible job guiding teenage boys as they grow into men.

Local communities and society more broadly have something important to offer teenagers -- guidance. A 15-year-old has never been 35 or 45. Swamped with hormones and a still-developing brain, he has a poor understanding of what he'll want in the future.

This is why ...Read more

California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer says that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, "is a dark money organization that should have no place in our politics."

In other words, Steyer believes supporters of the Israel-United States alliance, which includes many Jewish Americans, should be barred from participating in ...Read more

One month into Operation Epic Fury against the Islamic Republic of Iran, a long-overdue conversation has finally broken into the open: What, exactly, is the enduring rationale for NATO? For decades, this question has been treated in Washington foreign policy circles as heretical. But it isn't. And to their credit, President Donald Trump and ...Read more

Two thousand years ago, Jesus of Nazareth entered Jerusalem on a Sunday with crowds cheering on the arrival of a king. Riding on a white donkey, the crowd laid palm branches on the ground for him. Before the week was out, Jesus would be dead. Many of those who heralded his arrival would, by Friday, be cheering for Barabbas, a murderer and ...Read more