Trump recently had his name engraved on the U.S. Institute of Peace — now renamed the "Donald J. Trump U.S. Institute of Peace." On Dec. 3, the White House confirmed the renaming, calling it "a powerful reminder of what strong leadership can accomplish for global stability." Actually, it's a ...

In one sense, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are the foundation of the country's government. The Declaration laid out the principles we aspire toward. The Constitution established the three branches of government. It contains many brilliant mechanisms to check the ...

It seems half the country's political figures have been instructed to grin like a theme-park greeter. Supposedly, that makes them seem friendly, approachable, relatable. When I want humanoid patter, I turn to chatbots. They're more convincing. Why this epidemic of wax museum smiles? One ...

The New York Times has invented a new genre of reporting — covering big stories showing Democrats in a bad light years after the events that matter. At the tail end of 2025, the Times has freshly broken the news that the Biden administration flooded the country with illegal immigrants, ...

Sometimes one crisis seems to lead to another for President Trump — and he's got plenty of trouble brewing. For months now, Trump's approval rating has taken a beating for the knock-on effects of the government shutdown and the ongoing Epstein files fiasco. In November, his administration ...

When Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth posted a meme of Franklin the Turtle, the amiable child's cartoon character, in a helicopter using a military weapon to kill people in a small boat below him, and captioned it "For your Christmas wish list," it understandably caused an uproar. Should the ...