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In recent years, there has been a resurgence of the idea that protective tariffs can restore America's economic greatness, based on the interpretation that they fueled our growth in the 19th century and can do so again in the 21st century. This claim isn't just wrong; it's dangerous.

Take recent comments by the conservative pundit Oren Cass, ...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

Coincident with the new movie, "Reagan," is the release of an important new book about the Reagan presidency.

Ken Khachigian, chief speechwriter for Ronald Reagan from his presidential campaign in 1980 to the conclusion of his second term in 1988, has just published his memoirs from those years. The book, "Behind Closed Doors: In the Room ...Read more

The list of American security agencies stained by bureaucratic incompetence, dreadful leadership and outright political corruption just keeps getting longer.

Let's start -- but not finish -- with the erstwhile elite of the elite in the bodyguard business: the U.S. Secret Service.

On Sept. 16, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) released his "...Read more

New York's City Council voted Thursday to launch a reparations task force, which could lead to calls for billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded payouts to compensate for the impact of slavery and past injustices.

Gotham joins dozens of municipalities, from Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Evanston, Illinois, as well as three states -- California, Illinois...Read more

Have you gotten a letter that says, "You may be entitled to compensation"? I get a bunch. One claimed my union (New York State forced me to join) probably cheated me on medical insurance. I didn't think they did, but I filled out the forms. I got a check for $557. Great! ExcepT my lawyers pocketed $7 million. How is that fair? Well they worked ...Read more

The median age in the United States in 2023 was 39.1 years, according to the Census Bureau. That means that approximately half the people in this country were born in 1984 or later.

What was happening four decades ago when about half America's current population started coming into the world?

In 1984, then-President Ronald Reagan was ...Read more

This week, a would-be assassin aimed a rifle at Donald Trump through the fence at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida. Secret Service saw the man and shot at him; he was later arrested. The alleged shooter has a long record of clear-cut, left-wing hatred: He has opined that Trump ought to be killed by Iran, he has ...Read more

Kamala Harris consented to a puffball panel discussion with the National Association of Black Journalists on Sept. 17, and it was announced that PolitiFact would engage in live "fact-checking." Their Twitter feed then displayed 14 checks on Kamala's answers. The first one was labeled "False," and all the rest of them were "True," "Accurate," or ...Read more

The Wall Street Journal noted last week that American shareholders will lose tens of billions of dollars in investment income from their stock holdings in Silicon Valley companies like Google and Apple if several European Union sham lawsuits prevail.

These are generally suits alleging that America's dominant tech companies are acting like ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- As someone who expresses his opinion for a living, part of the job description is now and then having to defend what you believe.

That shouldn't be the case, when you think about it. All sorts of people have all kinds of opinions on all manner of topics. Few of them get pushed up against the wall and ordered to defend their views...Read more

Some of Vice President Kamala Harris' positions are so extreme that her leftist allies won't admit she actually holds them.

During last week's debate, former president Donald Trump said Harris "wants to do transgender operations on illegal aliens that are in prison."

Her allies reacted with shock at Trump's accusation.

Rep. Jamaal Bowman, (...Read more

OAKMONT, Pennsylvania -- Four years ago, Douglas Hohman turned old enough to vote. He had turned 18 years old in May, yet, for a number of reasons, he never got around to voting for either President Joe Biden or former President Donald Trump.

The year 2020, Hohman explained, was not the best for him.

"It was my senior year when COVID hit, ...Read more

Last week, The New York Times featured an article titled: "How the Last Eight Years Made Young Women More Liberal."

According to every poll, since 2016 there has been an unprecedented political/social gender gap between young American women and men.

Here is how the Times reported it:

"In 2001, young men and women had similar political ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- There were no questions during Thursday's White House media briefing about what the Biden-Harris administration is doing about the beleaguered city of Springfield, Ohio. No reporter asked press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre whether President Joe Biden or Vice President Kamala Harris plan to visit the town that has come to ...Read more

Clearly, only two things happened before last night's presidential debate...

Either Kamala's best friends who run ABC gave her all the questions in advance of the debate...

Or Team Kamala gave the questions they wanted asked to ABC.

I told President Donald Trump the exact same thing last night right after the debate. What happened last night ...Read more