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KANSAS CITY, KANSAS-A vigil at dawn, on the empty square in front of City Hall earlier this week, was led by the "women who wait for justice," a year after 71-year-old former detective Roger Golubski shot himself in the head rather than face them in ...

It was just six weeks ago that Democrats celebrated No Kings Day. At the time it seemed like a puerile demonstration of Trump Derangement Syndrome. Of course, there should be no kings in America, but no one in the MAGA movement was seriously arguing ...

Scott Bessent may well be the most consequential secretary of the Treasury since Alexander Hamilton - not simply because of the policies he advances, but because of the conditions he confronts and the clarity with which he is executing President ...

It has been nearly three weeks since a major storm dropped over a foot of snow across Northern Virginia, and residents still cannot safely walk to Metro stations, navigate neighborhood roads, or walk their dogs without stepping over frozen mounds of ...

WHEELING, West Virginia -- West Virginia is the only state in the United States that is located entirely within the 13-state, 423-county Appalachian region. Much of the beauty, sorrow and challenges we think of when it comes to the region originated ...

Congress is debating major funding bills that would avoid another of those phony government "shutdowns" now scheduled for January 30. One sticking point is that Democrats want to either defund ICE, or greatly reduce its budget even though it is ...

The following is an excerpt from "Socialism and the Democratic Party: The Case for a Return to Moderated Capitalism," published by RealClear Publishing/Amplify Publishing Group, April 2026. At this point in American history, the only path for our ...

This piece is reprinted from RealClearPolling's twice-weekly newsletter "The Takeaway." Get it in your mailbox each Tuesday and Friday by signing up here. . Today is April 15, the day of reckoning between the Internal Revenue Service and millions of ...

My mother's home is a living gallery of the past, filled with antiques, heavy, dark woods, intricate carvings, and unique pieces that carry the weight of decades. For years, I wondered what our family would eventually do with these remnants of the ...

The current generation "Z" -- those now roughly between 13 and 28 years old -- is becoming our 21st-century version of the "Lost Generation." Members of Gen Z are often nicknamed "Zoomers," a term used to describe young adults who came of age in the ...