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Recently in The Wall Street Journal, Neera Tanden, CEO of the Center for American Progress, a major foghorn in our nation's capital for America's left, explained "Why Democrats Won the Shutdown."

The most accurate declaration in the article is "fights tell the country a lot about what -- and who -- the fighters care about."

And, indeed, ...Read more

Thank goodness the Trump administration and technology-savvy congressional leaders (in both parties) agree on one very key strategic issue vis-a-vis Communist China: America must close the rare earth gap.

The 17 rare earth minerals -- also called rare earth elements (REEs) -- are fundamental to digital modernity. REEs possess irreplaceable ...Read more

Wikipedia is "Wokepedia," complains Elon Musk. That's because it's become so left-wing. "It's designed to push an ideological agenda that you can't see," says journalist Ashley Rindsberg. "So what if it's biased?" I ask. "It's just one website." "Wikipedia's information spreads into everything online," he replies, "ChatGPT, ... Siri, Alexa. Ask ...Read more

When former President George W. Bush stood on the West Front of the Capitol for his second inauguration in 2005, he gave a speech that called for a utopian foreign policy that aimed at spreading democracy all across the globe.

"We are led, by events and common sense, to one conclusion: The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends ...Read more

The Washington Post would like you to pretend along with them that they're the essence of fact-based neutrality, that they don't play favorites. Then you notice that their Sunday Arts & Style section carried a sprawling four-page spread with 10 color photographs on the glorious Rosie O'Donnell and her passionate loathing of President Donald ...Read more

EXPORT, Pennsylvania -- When Ben Fallon was growing up in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, all he ever wanted to do was play football. Fallon was in fourth grade, and in Western Pennsylvania, pretty much every boy wants to play football. However, his parents had some strong feelings about that sport.

"My parents wouldn't let me play football...Read more

President Donald Trump and Argentine President Javier Milei have a special relationship. Each is engaged in a crusade to make his respective country's economy great again. Trump was all in on helping Milei win his elections earlier this year, and he has also offered the Argentines a $20 billion "lifeline" as they adjust to the bumpy path to ...Read more

In one sense, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are the foundation of the country's government. The Declaration laid out the principles we aspire toward. The Constitution established the three branches of government. It contains many brilliant mechanisms to check the government's power. The Bill of Rights offers another layer ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- What happens when rules designed to ensure public safety fray so much that undocumented residents can obtain commercial driver's licenses for big rigs, even if they are not qualified to drive them and do not speak English?

In 2025, Americans saw the danger of allowing unvetted migrants to drive big rigs without obtaining bona ...Read more

Is the American Left finally waking up from its decadeslong climate catastrophism stupor? For years, climate alarmism has reigned as political catechism: The planet is burning, and only drastic action -- deindustrialization, draconian regulation, even ceasing childbearing -- could forestall certain apocalypse. Now, at least some signs are ...Read more

Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine promises he'll refile a war powers resolution in the Senate demanding President Donald Trump ask for congressional approval before launching any military strikes against Venezuela.

A similar bill failed by a 49-51 vote in the Senate last month.

Why does the bill specify "Trump" and "Venezuela"? For the same reason ...Read more

I am very willing to criticize President Donald Trump. From tariffs to some of his pardons to his behavior, I am not willing to serve as an apologist or yes-man. He is surrounded by those who will not truly challenge him. We all know the difference between superficial pretenses of pushback and genuine pushback. I suspect he doesn't actually ...Read more

The vast majority of conservatives -- other than those of us who are media monitors -- skip "Morning Joe" every day. What's surprising is how many times the starring couple -- Joe Scarborough and his third wife Mika Brzezinski -- have been skipping their own program this year.

Meghan Blonder and Thaleigha Rampersad at the Washington Free Beacon...Read more

Can the United States come up with an immigration policy that will prove sustainable? Two writers whom I respect and take delight in reading, despite their widely differing views, Tyler Cowen, who favors more immigration, and Christopher Caldwell, who favors less, have their doubts. Both, incidentally, are writing for The Free Press, Bari Weiss'...Read more

President Trump likes to tout his accomplishments, and saving the gas-powered car should be high on the list.

The president is ending a lunatic government campaign against the internal combustion engine, one of the defining mechanisms of our age.

This uneconomical push for electric vehicles over gas-powered ones ignored consumer preferences ...Read more

When Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth posted a meme of Franklin the Turtle, the amiable child's cartoon character, in a helicopter using a military weapon to kill people in a small boat below him, and captioned it "For your Christmas wish list," it understandably caused an uproar.

Should the secretary of defense be mocking the people his ...Read more

The political landscape heading into the 2026 midterms is far more volatile than many Republicans want to admit. On paper, the GOP holds the advantage: the House majority, a favorable national mood on issues like immigration and crime, and an opposition party internally split between moderates and an increasingly aggressive progressive wing. ...Read more

Spend five minutes listening to the American Left's most theatrical tribunes -- Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren or Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez -- and you'll probably hear tales of a country on the verge of collapse, crushed by a rigged system that can be fixed only through a radical redesign of government. Then spend five minutes with the New ...Read more