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Western values, Judeo-Christian at base but also to some degree influenced by Greco-Roman views on philosophy and politics, are under threat from within by a nihilist “Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho, Western Civ has got to go” mentality. President Donald Trump told Poles fighting a version of that mindset that he was with them—and the American…

There is something about a crisis and a foreign venue that brings out the best in an American president. In June 1963, when the Berlin Wall seemed permanent and the Iron Curtain impenetrable, President John F. Kennedy traveled to West Berlin to reassure the captive peoples of Eastern and Central Europe they had not been…

A recent Reuters story reported that the Trump administration is drafting an executive order that would require 100 percent of U.S. food assistance to be shipped on U.S.-flagged vessels. CNBC has since reported that the Trump administration has reconsidered. Hopefully this is the case, as requiring U.S. food assistance to be shipped on U.S.-flagged vessels…

President Donald Trump spoke on Thursday about what can be done to help the commercial nuclear power industry as part of Energy Week. “A complete review of U.S. nuclear energy policy will help us find new ways to revitalize this crucial energy resource,” the president said in remarks at the Department of Energy. The timing…

“Drain the swamp!” It was the battle cry of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. Many Republican members of Congress echoed that call as well, riding it to victory—and control of both legislative chambers. The American people rallied around the cry because it reinforced their impression of what Washington had become: a swamp infested with special-interest groups and power-hungry bureaucrats. They rallied,…

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross was expected to conclude an investigation this week into whether steel imports pose a national security threat to the United States. The report has the potential to send major shockwaves not only across the U.S., but around the world. The investigation stems from the administration’s general suspicion of imports, which it…

There is likely no political issue more important to either side of the ideological spectrum than who controls the Supreme Court. Rumors are building that another justice is going to retire this summer. The odds-on favorites are two members in their 80s: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a liberal justice, and Anthony Kennedy, the notorious swing vote….

Nearly 200 Democratic politicians—198 in total—are now plaintiffs in two lawsuits against President Donald Trump. The claims they raise are substantially similar to those made in a separate lawsuit brought by the advocacy group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), which was filed against Trump in January. All three groups of plaintiffs claim…

It seems that the left will attack President Donald Trump’s comments on history merely because he’s the one saying it. In a meeting with Panama’s President Juan Carlos Varela, Trump said that the Panama Canal is doing “quite well” and that “we did a good job building it, right?” Varela responded: “Yeah. One hundred years ago.”…

What would have happened if a Trump supporter had shot a Democratic congressman and other Democratic Washington officials? The answer is obvious. The New York Times, the rest of the left-wing media, and the Democratic Party would have made the shootings the dominant issue in American life. It is not possible to understand the left—and,…

The letter sent by Cuba’s main dissident group to President Donald Trump thanking him for his decision to prohibit U.S. trade with the military, security and intelligence services on the island—their tormentors—serves as a timely rebuke of President Barack Obama’s warm embrace of the Castro regime and those still defending it. The letter was sent…

If “America First” means anything, it must mean preventing a virulently anti-American criminal enterprise from perpetuating its existence next door and reproducing itself throughout the hemisphere. And since this is precisely what President Barack Obama’s opening to the Castros accomplished, President Donald Trump is duty-bound to reverse this mistake. In fact, if The New York…

As I document in my book, “Still the Best Hope: Why the World Needs American Values to Triumph,” which is an explanation of Americanism, leftism, and Islamism, hysteria is a major tactic of the left. If you think about it, there is never an extended period of time—one year, let’s say—during which society is not…