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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) likes to argue that the "whole point" of protesting is to make people "uncomfortable."

Debate. Dissent. Running highly misleading political ads on TV. These are all part of our great tradition of political discourse. In this as in so much else, the Democratic darling is incorrect. Taking to the streets to ...Read more

On Tuesday, the full, 17-judge U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard consolidated oral arguments in a crucial case that is all but guaranteed to make it to the U.S. Supreme Court. The predictable controversy surrounding the litigation, which involves similar but distinct mandatory Ten Commandments display laws arising out of Texas ...Read more

The last two weeks have been, like the preceding weeks, nuts. The president insisted the United States must own Greenland and he would not rule out military force, if necessary, to take the island. He imposed tariffs on the NATO allies who oppose his territorial lust. Then he walked it all back for the framework of a deal.

The reality is, ...Read more

The leftists on social media have hilariously caricatured CBS News under new Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss as "CBS Newsmax," like it's lurched dramatically to the right. But if you're monitoring CBS in real life, there's plenty of evidence that "classic CBS" is still operating. In recent days, CBS has proven to be worse than ABC and NBC in its tilt...Read more

Think about it. Heads of government do not normally reveal the texts of private communications from other heads of state. Yet that is what Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store of Norway did Sunday, on the first weekend of the World Economic Forum in Davos, where the international press would have no difficulty finding appalled foreign ...Read more

The walls are closing in -- on Bill Clinton.

The former president and practiced political escape artist is on the verge of being held in contempt of Congress.

This time, the Democrat party, which stuck with him during his scandal-plagued 1992 campaign and during his 1998 impeachment, isn't rallying to him in unison.

The Republican-...Read more

In recent days, the government in America has not only failed to protect the freedom of speech, it has attacked it. Like authoritarians throughout history, it has sought to silence the speech it hates and fears. But most authoritarians did not have a Constitution that was written as an intentional obstacle to them.

In Miami last week, Raquel ...Read more

The debate over children and social media is often framed as a question of parental control or technological inevitability. It should not be. At its core, this is a moral question about what kind of society we are shaping, what we choose to protect, and what we are willing to sacrifice in the name of convenience, profit and false notions of ...Read more

For some years now, conservatives who believe in free markets and limited government have been labeled RINOs -- "Republicans in name only" -- as GOP liberals or moderates have historically been known. The MAGA movement flings this term as an insult and a signal that respecting the realities of supply and demand instead of endorsing price ...Read more

Hoo, hoo, hoo, Hoosiers!

Seeing the Indiana University Hoosiers win the College Football Playoff National Championship Monday night was the culmination of a season filled with notable lessons. Here are a few from my perspective:

1. In sports -- as in many other matters -- the experts are often wrong. The same people who tried to justify the ...Read more

Monday marked Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a national holiday honoring a man best remembered for urging Americans to judge one another by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin. It is a legacy rooted in a specific historical struggle -- one that culminated in the Civil Rights Act after years of fierce resistance, ...Read more

Recently, Michael Reagan, the eldest son of President Ronald Reagan, passed away at age 80.

His passing was duly eulogized by the Reagan Foundation and the Young America's Foundation at the Reagan Ranch.

Both noted that Michael, whom I had the privilege to know, devoted his life to writing and speaking about the American principles that so ...Read more

The Trump administration is currently engaged in numerous Transactional Diplomacy Operations. Venezuela, Greenland and Congo are the most prominent examples.

Let's start with the administration's goals:

1. Improve U.S. strategic position economically, militarily and socially. This is first and foremost.

2. Assuring the U.S. has unfettered ...Read more

Across the nation, states are fiercely competing for companies and population by slashing taxes.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is dooming her state to be the loser.

In 2026, eight states are cutting their income taxes, and four others are reducing corporate tax rates.

South Carolina is pushing ahead on legislation to phase out its income tax ...Read more

Did you know that in most of America, police can take your property, even if you did nothing wrong? They don't have to charge you with a crime. They don't have to take you to court. They can just say they suspect you of a crime. Then they can grab your money, your car, and sometimes, even your house! It's legal because of something called...Read more

In the first quarter of fiscal year 2026, which ended on New Year's Eve, the federal government spent $1,827,134,000,000 -- and, according to the Treasury Department, ran a deficit of $602,376,000,000.

The federal debt closed the calendar year at $38,514,009,184,232.72. That equaled approximately $285,733 for each of the 134,790,000 ...Read more

Leftist media outlets take an extremely opportunistic approach to covering the intersection of religion and politics. They're appalled at religion when it impedes their agenda, but they gush over religious figures when they align with their talking points.

On Jan. 19, New York Times religion reporter Ruth Graham penned a story headlined "Top ...Read more

The most fertile soil for collectivism is isolation.

During his inaugural address, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said, "We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism."

Many people have skewered the second part of that statement -- and rightfully so. For those who've endured it, the warmth of ...Read more