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Years ago, I read a book by the historian Barbara Tuchman called "Bible and Sword: England and Palestine from the Bronze Age to Balfour." It's worth a read for anyone wondering about the origins of the present-day conflicts in the Middle East.

Like so many other contemporary catastrophes, the ongoing wars between Israel and Arab nations are ...Read more

Data analysts are already publishing available information about sex/gender, income, education and racial/ethnic breakdowns of Americans who voted for Kamala Harris versus those who voted for Donald Trump in the presidential election this year.

Another set of data explores the important relationship between religious beliefs and support for ...Read more

Across traditional and social media, in public forums and (no doubt) in private offices, Democrats are licking their wounds from the trouncing they received in last week's elections.

It isn't just that Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris lost the Electoral College and the popular vote -- the first time a Republican ...Read more

What are some of the most important takeaways from Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election this week? Certainly not what the media are telling you. But there are enduring lessons that this election makes clear:

1. Republicans had a great legal ground game this time. After the 2020 debacle, Republican National Committee co...Read more

During former President Donald Trump's term, it became shockingly clear how much better America could have been -- for decades. America under Trump was a country with no new wars, a booming economy, energy independence, low unemployment across all demographics, rising wages, renewed manufacturing and domestic production, and controlled ...Read more

Democratic Party presidential candidate Kamala Harris has been struggling to articulate issues that resonate with voters in the final days of the campaign. Other than bland assurances about "an opportunity economy" and growing up "a middle-class kid," the only issue Harris seems both emphatic and explicit about is abortion.

At a recent rally in...Read more

One of the most frequent complaints about contemporary American politics is how contentious and divisive our political discourse has become. For years, we've read articles about how disagreements over politics are dividing colleagues at work, poisoning friendships, weakening familial ties, spoiling holidays and even ending marriages.

A 2021 ...Read more

California Gov. Gavin Newsom just signed a law banning legacy and donor considerations in admissions at all private colleges and universities in the state. California is the fifth state to do so, following Colorado, Illinois, Maryland and Virginia. Newsom praised the law, saying, "The California Dream shouldn't be accessible to just a lucky ...Read more

As the November election approaches, Americans are paying increasing attention to the Biden-Harris administration's open borders policies and the costs of those policies to our country. Historically, it was border states where the impact of illegal immigration was most keenly felt. Not anymore. Today, the crises are everywhere.

Springfield, ...Read more

Former U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard spoke last week at a Trump rally in Las Vegas, during which she described her departure from the Democratic Party: "I joined the Democratic Party over 20 years ago. ... And at that time, I saw a party that was the 'big tent' party."

That, according to Gabbard, is no longer true.

Former presidential ...Read more

Former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks often about how the health of American children has declined during his lifetime. Since Kennedy ended his campaign last month and endorsed Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, both he and Trump have stated that Kennedy will hold a prominent position in Trump's administration ...Read more

Ah, the Left. Ever ready to burn the foundations of America to the ground in pursuit of ... progress.

The latest example is a New York Times article by Jennifer Szalai titled, "The Constitution Is Sacred. Is It Also Dangerous?" You can guess what her conclusion will be, but the subhead nevertheless provides an additional clue: "One ...Read more