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When I was on the Left and COVID hit, I was just as Trump-deranged as everyone else on my side.  Read More

The interests of politicians and journalists used to look like a Venn diagram: divergent with small overlap. Now that picture is a circle. Read More

Marc Thiessen is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, former chief speechwriter for President Bush (43), and a current... Read More

The war with Iran has already reshaped the Middle East, regardless of how or when the fighting formally ends. The strategic landscape has... Read More

We’re diving right in. I have a word limit on the 5QT this week. It’s self-imposed, because I am attempting to enforce discipline after... Read More

Donald Trump is reportedly considering at least two people, while his allies in Washington are pushing at least one more. Read More

But this also begs the question: why is this facially unconstitutional case before the court in the first place? Read More

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara, better known as the “birthright citizenship”... Read More

On March 31, 2026, President Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) titled “Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Voter Eligibility in... Read More

Washington and Silicon Valley are at loggerheads over the Pentagon's use of artificial intelligence while America's adversaries probe our... Read More

A U.S. News & World Report comparison of public schools ranks California’s Pre-K-12 schools 38th in the nation.... Read More

While New York and California are losing population, states like South Carolina and Alabama are not only gaining residents at a record rate,... Read More

A hidden climate fee punishes families for needing a car. Read More

The state of Oregon passed a law last year that should outrage every American who believes in the First Amendment. Not because it bans speech... Read More

Defenders of the 50% global tariffs on steel imposed last year have framed them as a bulwark—an essential line of defense for American... Read More

President Trump signed an executive order Thursday targeting imported brand name drugs with a 100 percent tariff, citing the... Read More

There are few things in life more terrifying than a cancer diagnosis, as any victim of this horrible disease will tell you. Read More

Below is my column in the New York Post on the termination of Chicago Bulls guard Jaden Ivey after his posting of religious views on social... Read More

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s announcement that she will not vote for any Israeli military aid is part of an emerging trend. Read More

Thursday, April 2nd on RealClearPolitics - Joined by Retired USAF Brigadier General, John Teichert: Read More

Brink Lindsey discusses the gap between mass prosperity and mass flourishing, capitalism’s crisis of inclusion, and the implications of... Read More

Inflation, tariffs, economics, and the future of conservatism. Read More

Welcome to What Happens Next. My name is Larry Bernstein. What Happens Next is a podcast which covers economics, politics, and history.... Read More

Energy affordability has become a top concern for  .... Read More

Voting by the non-citizen mayor of Coldwater, Kan., highlights a problem created by Congress. Read More

The Department of Energy’s (DOE) appliance efficiency standards program has been in place for decades, subjecting nearly every major... Read More

Download I am Brian Blase, founder and president of Paragon Health Institute. From 2017 through 2019, I served as a Special Assistant to the... Read More

Introduction In August, AHIP, the trade association for health insurance companies representing the industry’s top players, announced... Read More

Last summer, after George Floyd died under Derek Chauvin’s knee, protesters in Pensacola, Florida, held a week’s worth of rallies... Read More

In a statement issued last week, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman once again called for an end to Governor Sisolak’s indefinite... Read More

While New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham ordered the closing of certain grocery stores over COVID-19 concerns, she spent $16,248 in... Read More

Officials from Petaluma, California have decided their city has enough places to fill up gas-powered cars. Last week, the local city council... Read More

President Trump delivered a primetime address about the war on Iran on Wednesday evening, more than a month after hostilities commenced. Read More

The American president and secretary of state have signaled that the defense umbrella provided to Europe under the auspices of the North... Read More

The President updated the nation on the ongoing military conflict, which is both unpopular among and costly to Americans. Read More

NATO members are not legally required to join any member’s military operations that are not formally sanctioned by the alliance or not... Read More

A warning sign that DHS has lost the immigration-enforcement narrative, but reasons to believe the department can win back Americans. Read More

House Speaker Mike Johnson has at last agreed to the Senate deal to end the government shutdown. Read More

The Democratic Socialists of America is prioritizing local elections to advance radical policies. Read More

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments on ending birthright citizenship, and Trump has made history as the first president to attend a... Read More

“It’s a new world. It’s the same Constitution,” the chief justice told Solicitor General John Sauer at Wednesday’s hearing on... Read More

It turns out that the Constitution is a suicide pact, after all.  Read More

Bruce Springsteen has built his new tour around his Trump Derangement Syndrome. That's his choice, but here's why it'll backfire big time. Read More

There are no guarantees in the daunting task of reviving America, yet that does not absolve us of our moral duty. Read More

Harvey Mansfield’s work reminds us of the things that can truly ennoble our freedom. Read More

Politicians tax what we earn, regulate what we build, and often decide what we can do with our bodies and our money. Read More

America needs to get serious about copper. Our nation mines copper but ships it to China for processing, a supply chain failure that has... Read More

Public health and healthcare work best when the medicines people take, the guidance they receive, and the policies that govern their care are... Read More

In today’s Senate, a minority can block a final vote by voting against cloture, effectively making Rule XXII the primary route to... Read More

The argument that myths are the source of the story of the Resurrection has it exactly backward.  Read More

President Donald Trump ousts Pam Bondi as attorney general. Read More

The State of Texas has become as synonymous with crippling public school debt as it is with oil wells and tumbleweeds. Its public schools... Read More

Maryland parents want more educational freedom. Read More

Gov. Tim Walz has been a fan of Wallethub’s work, including its recent raking of Minnesota as the second-best state to raise a family.... Read More

A bill designed to address consumer costs will turn out to be a death sentence for credit card access. Written as an emergency action,... Read More

They would push more businesses out and further erode the state’s tax base. Read More

Health Policy Solutions Americans Can Trust. Read More

I am old enough to remember when your family members could accompany you to the airport and share a meal with you before your flight or wait... Read More

U.S. employment growth is at a near standstill. In February 2026, total nonfarm payrolls grew by just 0.1 percent year over year to 158.5... Read More

"If requiring identification is truly racist, why do we only hear the outrage when it regards elections?" asks Project 21 Ambassador Curtis... Read More

America finds itself in a tremendously dangerous era.  Read More

Middle East fighting creates an opportunity for Ukraine—the world’s drone superpower—but Kyiv and America’s allies must seize the... Read More