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One of my favorite bits of ancient wisdom, which I have quoted many times over the years, is the Chinese military theorist Sun Tzu's adage that a battle is won before it is fought because it is won by choosing the terrain on which it is fought.

We have officially reached that late period in a presidential campaign where the thoroughly leftist national newspapers turn into partisan rags that coo and gush, this time over Vice President Kamala Harris. Consider the July 31 "Style" section of ...

Sen. Marco Rubio and Rep. Andy Ogles are brushing aside warnings from the Chinese Communist Party to yank their support for legislation designed to expose the corrupt nature of China's regime to the world. In mid-June, the Chinese embassy in ...

Science and politics don't always mix well, and scientists often struggle in the political arena. That's why I believe Scientific American's endorsement of a U.S. presidential candidate for only the second time in 179 years was misguided despite the ...

WASHINGTON -- A reporter asked President Joe Biden if he thought Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was "doing enough" as the president returned to the White House on Monday. Biden answered, "No." Biden added that he was pushing as "hard as we ...

This has been a very bad, terrible week for Democrats - and, at long last, a hopeful one for our democracy. The failed assassination attempt against Donald Trump and the dismissal of the classified documents case against the former president offer a ...

After claiming to have ramped up security around former President Donald Trump because of an Iranian plot to assassinate him, the Secret Service provided only three agency personnel for "post-standing" Trump's fateful July 13 Pennsylvania rally,

As the White House presses Israel to agree to a ceasefire that will allow the terrorist group Hamas to regroup and attack Israel again in the future, it's worth taking stock of the mess Joe Biden has made of the Middle East, especially compared to ...

You've seen "Black Women for Kamala" and even "White Dudes for Kamala," but don't expect to see "Parents for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz." Vice President Kamala Harris is squarely against parental control of what young children are taught about sex,

The new data on all the criminal noncitizens coming into the U.S. is shocking. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) checks the background of illegal aliens they have in custody. But, the administration's letter to Rep. Tony Gonzales (R ...