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Life, Liberty, and Fried Chicken: Honoring the Heroes Who Gave All for Freedom
We have the little joys of life because of the men and women who have sacrificed everything.
Memorial Day at 250
We owe so much to so few.
The USO Does God’s Work
We set aside Memorial Day for the dead, and rightly so.
The Empty Desks Are Telling Us Something
When students stop showing up, the education establishment treats it as a discipline problem. It may be closer to a performance review.
For America’s Service Members, Memorial Day Is a Lifetime
Military members and their families face far more difficult moments than we see in the headlines.
Bob Woodson Was a Hero
Remembering the great civil rights leader.
Are Washington’s Most Important Gulf Allies on a Collision Course?
The Saudi–UAE rivalry will shape the future Middle East.
What Makes an Excellent Children’s Treasury
And what doesn’t.
The Next Generation of Conservative Leaders Must Embrace Civility
In his forthcoming book, the former vice president explains why public figures have a responsibility to engage in the art of compromise.
The Often-Overlooked Theology of the Declaration
Despite what modern pundits might believe, the Founders understood that freedom and morality are inextricably linked.
I’ll Admit It — China Offered Me Money to Tell a Lie
All to save face over an under-desk keyboard tray.
The BBC Has Fallen
The network’s sympathetic feature on Afghan fathers who sell their daughters takes one-sided reporting to the extreme.
Mr. Market Does Fair Hopping and Art Pricing
Pollock and Rothko go through the roof, plus ghostly spaces, sublime seas, and the power of yarn.
Before His Murder, a Rabbi Addressed the Danger of Hatred
Rabbi Eli Schlanger, killed in the Bondi Beach massacre, reflected on the destructive power of words and deeds for a forthcoming book.
Taiwan: The Small Superpower
If the island nation’s chip production were to be interrupted, the global economy would stop in its tracks. That’s real leverage.
Lionel Jospin and the Dismantling of French Education
How the French left destroyed a public good.
The Trump Slush Fund Is an Abuse of Political Power, Not a Legal Wrong
Once again, Trump is doing what Democrats did, just far more ostentatiously.
Trump’s Egregious Abuse of an Egregious Delegation
Congress never should have given away the power to appropriate unlimited settlements.
An Autopsy as Malpractice
The DNC autopsy is a thoroughly unimpressive, unfinished document that says more about the low state of the Democratic Party than any of its analysis does.
The End of the SEC Gag Rule
After 54 years, the commission will no longer bar settling defendants from speaking.
