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No matter how familiar we become with the defamatory hyperbole of the Trump-haters, some of their utterances are disquieting. Few people are still startled by some of the attempted incitements to violence against the president and his followers of ...

Reading commentary about the recent elections, I thought of an observation of Nobel prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman. Feynman said, "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool." That is, we ...

Nobody is thrilled about government shutdowns. They're disruptive, acrimonious, disorderly, and they get far more public attention than they merit. There's no economic or stock market impact. In fact, we saw markets hit record highs yet again today.

Taxpayers expect a government that's efficient, effective, and affordable. On Feb. 4, in a new report, the Trump administration made clear that the current process of federal collective bargaining isn't meeting those basic standards. Full credit goes ...

We Americans, it seems, continue to live in two separate countries. Consider two items in the news this week and the inconsistent responses they evoked. One was the conviction in Florida of Ryan Routh, the second man who attempted to assassinate then ...

The short answer to why both the Biden and Obama administrations failed to achieve peace in the Middle East is that they took actions opposite to President Donald Trump's current efforts, which have led to a ceasefire. First, consider Iran. Iran was ...

By many measures, we are living in one of the most divisive moments in our nation's nearly 250-year history. Disagreement has hardened into mistrust. Americans are trading blame. As we saw in Karl Zinsmeister's recent op-ed, even the deeply American ...

War is the use of arms to settle differences--tribal, political, religious, cultural, and material--between organized groups. It is unchanging. The general laws of armed conflict stays immutable, given the constancy of human nature. However, the ...

Every November, Americans pause to honor those who wore the uniform. Parades roll, flags wave, and the words "thank you for your service" echo across the country. But gratitude without follow-through rings hollow. The best way to honor our veterans ...

Democrats who denounce federal indictments of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James as unprecedented weaponization of the Justice Department exhibit amnesia about the norm-eviscerating, undemocratic lawfare they ...