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Michael Walzer has argued in a New York Times opinion piece that Israel's "pager attack" on thousands of Hezbollah operatives throughout Lebanon was "an act of terrorism," since it failed to respect "the distinction between combatants and civilians"

Here are some observations on what you didn't hear on election night. Most networks' focus was, quite properly, on whether former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris would carry enough of the 93 electoral votes of the seven target ...

Today is Nov. 22, a date which once caused Americans of all ages to shudder as they contemplated the tragedy and lost promise of John F. Kennedy's life and presidency. And as Friday is the day of the week on which I reprise a quote intended to be ...

Working-class voters put Donald Trump over the top, thinking he would look out for their interests. How does the administration he's putting together look for them? Not great. Roman emperors maintained control over the populace by giving them "bread ...

For eight years now, Democrats have bemoaned interference in American elections. The national security apparatus of the United States has been warning about influence campaigns. The media has done so as well. Editorials and anchors have decried ...

It's difficult to make substantive arguments against the Democrats' Supreme Court "reform" proposal, since everyone knows it's just a cynical ploy to delegitimize both the court and the Constitution. Ask yourself this: Would any Democrat support the ...

During last night's presidential debate, the moderators' first question, addressed to Vice President Kamala Harris, was about voters' number one concern: the economy. Echoing the question Trump has repeatedly asked of his supporters at rallies, NBC ...

The Democratic Party ruling class's bloodless coup of their own democratically elected presidential nominee, who also happens to be the nominal sitting president of the United States, is one of the most astonishing political developments of my ...

WASHINGTON -- Public opinion on the Oct. 7 attacks that killed 1,200 in Israel has flipped among Gazans, according to a recent poll by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research. A majority of Gazans now believe the Hamas terror spree was ...

Many Democrats find it difficult to get their minds around the idea of another Donald Trump presidency. How, for instance, could the American people elect a person who called Sen. John McCain a "loser" because his airplane was shot down in Vietnam ...