Opinion and commentary on news, politics, culture, and policy impact.
Matthew Continetti, editor in chief of The Washington Free Beacon, joins us to discuss universities, the media, and in general, how conservatives can grapple with a hostile culture. Plus: A new study shows many Americans are sick of the frantic news cycle.
More than 100 lawmakers have signed a letter calling on Defense Secretary James Mattis to rescind his recently announced transgender policy for the military, as USA Today reports. Mattis’ policy largely returns the military to the transgender policy in effect prior to 2016, when President Barack Obama enacted sweeping changes based on political considerations and…
President Donald Trump’s vision for European policy is a welcome change from the muddled approach taken by the Obama administration. That was the assessment of A. Wess Mitchell, the assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs, in a sharply focused major policy address Wednesday at The Heritage Foundation. Mitchell’s speech came against a…
California suffers from droughts, but the state’s government is an endless well of bad ideas. The latest absurd legislation, which Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, signed into law, places onerous restrictions on water usage. California citizens will be limited to using 55 gallons of water a day now and just 50 per day by 2030….
As we churn through primary season, laying the framework for November’s elections, we’re seeing the emergence of a new face of the Democratic Party—more progressive, more left wing. The Democratic Party is delivering more candidates around the nation like Stacey Abrams, recently nominated for governor in Georgia. She’s unabashedly boilerplate, in-your-face, hard left. Pro-big government,…
Dr. Lee Gross, president of Docs 4 Patient Care Foundation, joins us to explain his practice, where he charges patients a flat fee of $60 a month—and ensures they get competitive prices on procedures his office can’t do as well. Plus: A new survey of college students suggests Republicans are more tolerant than Democrats.
First lady Melania Trump made her first public appearance Wednesday since undergoing kidney surgery May 14, but from the media coverage you would have thought she’s been missing for a year. Melania had appeared at a private White House reception for Gold Star families the night before. However, that event was closed to the press….
Quick, grab the smelling salts and clear the fainting couches. President Donald Trump’s pardon of conservative author Dinesh D’Souza last week violently triggered Beltway media elites. It’s peanut butter, weed pollen, gluten, manspreading, Chick-fil-A, the national anthem, and kryptonite all rolled into one giant political allergen. Allow me to administer the rhetorical, metaphorical antihistamine. To…
The Group of Seven was created during the Cold War by the United States so that the leading market-based Western democracies (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom) could join it to preserve economic freedom, increase global prosperity, and defeat communism. After the Soviet Union’s collapse, a hopeful G-7 at first welcomed its…
If war is the continuation of diplomacy by other means, public diplomacy is a theater where states use ideas instead of ordnance. But in this important battlefield, the U.S. is not currently fighting with generals chosen by the commander in chief elected by the American people in 2016. The ideas are still being shaped by…
Before he became the first American to orbit the Earth, John Glenn was famous for another pioneering achievement. In 1957, he became the first man to fly across the country faster than the speed of sound, traveling from California to New York in just three hours and 23 minutes. Glenn’s aptly named “Project Bullet” seemed…
Late last year, the United States imposed steep new tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber imports to the United States. The new import taxes, a combination of what are called countervailing and anti-dumping duties, have contributed to a 66 percent increase in lumber prices in the past year, placing a heavy burden on U.S. home buyers,…
The Social Security Administration released its annual trustees report this week, and the prognosis is not good. Trust fund depletion—the date when Social Security’s reserves will be exhausted and the program will only be able to spend what it receives in payroll taxes at that time—is approaching at a rapid pace. This year, Social Security will…
In Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, the Supreme Court upheld Jack Phillips’ constitutional—and natural—right to freely exercise his faith. This important 7-2 decision dealt a blow to the inquisitorial and intolerant secularism that targeted the Constitution’s free exercise clause for radical redefinition. As I argued in a 20-state brief to the court, the…
Having enjoyed my 82nd birthday, I am part of a group of about 50 million Americans who are 65 years of age or older. Those who are 90 or older were in school during the 1930s. My age cohort was in school during the 1940s. Baby boomers approaching their 70s were in school during the…
Kanye West surprised the American music scene by dropping a single, “Ye vs. The People,” in which he and fellow rapper T.I. go back and forth about their political views. Some are calling his vocal support of President Donald Trump nothing more than a publicity stunt. But even if that’s true, West is bringing attention…
The Senate Budget Committee met May 23 to consider the Government Accountability Office’s annual report on government efficiency and effectiveness, which identifies areas of unnecessary overlap, fragmentation, and duplication among federal programs. The Government Accountability Office supplements that identification of waste with recommendations of what to do about it, presenting specific proposals upon which Congress…
June 6 marks the 74th anniversary of the Battle of Normandy, Operation Overlord, D-Day. As new generations begin to emerge and the honorable men and women of the Greatest Generation continue to enter history, the memory of D-Day threatens to be lost to time. Preserving its place in history is important for honoring those who…
The original slogan of Google was “Don’t be evil.” When Google changed its corporate name to Alphabet in 2015, it changed the slogan to “Do the right thing.” If it were to be true to its values, Google should have changed its slogan from “Don’t be evil” to “Don’t fight evil.” Here is The New…
Americans rightly remember the Americans who stormed the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944, to liberate Europe, but we also should commemorate the Americans who, 100 years ago, fought in another fierce battle in France that began on June 6—the Battle of Belleau Wood. It was one of the most brutal battles the Marines…