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America, unfortunately, has long been suffering from a crisis of civics. Put simply, many Americans are woefully ignorant about the structure and features of their government. But every so often, an opportunity emerges to reteach some basics. The media's predictable shrieks and howls of "constitutional crisis" notwithstanding, we are in the ...Read more

Because of their modern designs, we might be led to believe that electric cars are technological marvels. But, really, most of the purported conveniences and innovations of new EVs are already available in most standard gas-powered cars at a far cheaper price. EVs are, at best, a lateral technology for most consumers (if you never plan on ...Read more

One of the reasons I have long inveighed against "public" TV is its tendency to avoid authentic conservative opinion. For almost 20 years now, Exhibit A has been "PBS NewsHour" pundit David Brooks. PBS picked up Brooks as its supposedly right-leaning Friday night opinionator in 2004, shortly after he became a New York Times columnist in 2003.

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As one who shared the hope, after the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989, that representative government, guaranteed liberties and global capitalism laced with some measure of welfare state protections would spread across the globe, I naturally look back over the intervening long generation and ask what went wrong.

In the 1990s, it seemed...Read more

The Eagles victory was greeted joyously in our family. It's always a high when you (or your team) come out on top. But in the final minutes of the Super Bowl, as the clock remained stuck on the two-minute warning for what felt like 20 minutes (at least for those of us eager to pop the Champagne), former quarterback-turned-TV-commentator Tom ...Read more

"The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times and under all circumstances. No doctrine involving more pernicious consequences was ever invented by the wit of man than that any of its provisions can be suspended ...Read more

The NFL has yet again decided to desecrate the sacred American sport of football, a sport that has united Americans for decades, by playing the divisive Black national anthem before the Super Bowl.

The idea of their being a Black national anthem shouldn't rub anyone the wrong way. The song "Lift Every Voice and Sing" was first performed in ...Read more

America's debt crisis is no longer a distant concern; it's an immediate threat with immediate consequences. Some politicians -- perhaps realizing that it's become more difficult to ignore the problem and avoid repercussions -- are turning to executive action. This includes the Trump administration's embrace of Elon Musk's increasingly active ...Read more

Information about the appalling waste of American taxpayers' money continues to pour out like pus from a lanced boil. Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency team were tasked by the Trump administration with cleaning up the federal government, exposing and ending waste, fraud and outright theft. Right on cue, those whose ...Read more

The island is named Diego Garcia, the biggest little island in the Indian Ocean's isolated Chagos Archipelago.

Never heard of it? Consult the map -- it's south of India and kinda sorta between Indonesia (Java) and East Africa (Tanzania).

Nowhere? Recall the real estate agent's lingo for valuable acreage: Location, Location, Location.

In our...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Years ago, when I visited Pelican Bay State Prison on the northern coast of California, prison staff explained the rules. They gave me a stab vest and a handy piece of information: If I were taken hostage, prison officials would not negotiate for my release. I should know that before I entered the institution, they said.

Guess ...Read more

Scott Turner, former state legislator, NFL player and pastor from Plano, Texas, will take over as the new Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Given that the history of HUD is about everything that Donald Trump wants to change in Washington, Turner has a great challenge and opportunity.

That is, HUD is all about ...Read more

Get ready for a Supreme Court showdown over President Donald Trump's challenge to birthright citizenship -- the idea that all children born in the United States have the same rights, regardless of where their parents came from. Despite what many pundits and even lower court judges are saying, this is not a slam dunk for the president's ...Read more

Politicians bash businesses. "Stop the greed!" shouts Sen. Bernie Sanders. Many Republicans are equally ignorant. When some Florida businesses raised prices in response to sudden demand during a crisis (a useful signaling device in a free market), Attorney General Pam Bondi called that "sickening ... disgusting ... unacceptable!" Now she's U.S. ...Read more

On the day that President Donald Trump was inaugurated to his second term, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer did two remarkable things. He spoke in favor of a proposition Trump had made -- and voted for it.

It was the nomination of Sen. Marco Rubio to be secretary of state.

"Sen. Rubio is an example of a qualified nominee we think should ...Read more

The entire media-Democrat complex spent years building panic over President Donald Trump being a dire threat to democracy, only to be embarrassed by the electorate who decisively chose the Terrible Threat over Kamala Harris.

Now Trump is displaying the highest approval ratings of his political career, and voters are satisfied he's acting on his...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- Fonzie is about to jump the shark.

Presidents are not kings. It's amazing how many chief executives from both parties tend to forget that -- often at their own peril. The minute presidents start acting like royalty, their presidency is done.

President Donald Trump seems poised to go to war against an institution that chief ...Read more