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Last week Treasury Man Scott Bessent unveiled Operation Economic Fury to put maximum financial pressure on the hoodlums running the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. I'd like to give that economic fury some more visibility, because I think ...

As our nation celebrates its 250th birthday, Americans can rightfully swell with pride at the democratic revolution that began a quarter millennium ago. Our Founding Fathers started a tradition of government of, by, and for the people that has spread ...

For all of our technological marvels, a No. 2 pencil and sheets of paper filled with oval boxes remain a key determinant of success. Sure, plenty of high achievers didn't ace the SAT, ACT, MCAT, LSAT, and GMAT. But the vast majority of wealthy and ...

Some constitutional victories arrive with trumpets. Others arrive quietly in a case the press has decided not to love, for a journalist many would rather not defend. Democracy Partners v. O'Keefe is one of the latter. James O'Keefe is controversial.

In deteriorating health and 78 years old, Jimmy Lai is not likely to survive the 20-year prison sentence that Hong Kong's kangaroo court handed him on Jan. 9. The Chinese Communist Party has ensured that the voice of this prominent media mogul and ...

As the Somali fraud scandal in Minnesota continues to grow, Americans are asking: Why was such blatant abuse of taxpayers allowed to fester unchecked? A big part of the answer is that Somali immigrants are now a core constituency in Minnesota ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump has shown Cuba's communist rulers two ways their reign over the island can end: the Maduro way or the Khamenei way. The Cuban regime is a mix of gerontocracy, nepotism and socialism. Its official face is President Miguel Diaz ...

Syria is no longer a terrorist state. President Trump announced his decision to remove Syria's name from the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism earlier this month. Secretary of State Mark Rubio called the move a "historic step" that "opens new ...

For the second time in the Trump presidency, the Right is debating the concept of the common good and how that concept fits within the American political tradition. During Donald Trump's first term, the "common good" debate raged because the ...