This week, President Donald Trump announced that he was considering a 50% tariff on goods from the European Union; just days later, he reversed himself, announcing that any such tariffs would be delayed until July 9. Traders rejoiced, with the S&P 500 spiking dramatically. The market's ...

American institutions are suffering from a collapse in public support. Among the institutions worst affected are government, the press and education. One could be forgiven for believing that government must be the most important, given its pervasiveness in our lives and its law enforcement ...

The House passed the One Big Beautiful Bill by a margin of one vote. Well-deserved kudos have been conveyed to the masterful leadership of Speaker Mike Johnson, who navigated through a minefield to get done what needed to get done. Now it's up to the Senate. It's impossible not to think now ...

Bizarrely, 62% of young Americans hold a "favorable view" of socialism. How can they be so ignorant? Socialism has been tried by lots of countries. It's failed. It always fails. China prospered somewhat only after they legalized some private enterprise. Perhaps today's kids are ignorant ...

On the night of May 21, someone shot two young Israeli Embassy employees walking out of the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., after an event. Police said the suspect shouted, "Free, free Palestine," after he was arrested. In a New York Times post about the attack, one commenter ...

How does a political party with overwhelming advantages, including increasing support from the growing bloc of highly educated and affluent voters, almost monopoly support from the press and broadcast media, and with burgeoning financial and high-tech sectors of the economy, manage to lose just ...