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Some thoughts spring to mind after President Donald Trump's 100-minute address to Congress.

The first is that this 78-year-old man has amazing resilience and perseverance. Consider that in the past 12 months, he has had to spend hours listening to a kangaroo court proceeding before a hostile judge in New York, has maintained a campaign rally ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- In politics, as in life, nothing is 100% good or bad. If you believe otherwise, it's time to check your bias and blindspots.

Take the chaotic second term of President Donald Trump. There are good things happening. You just have to look hard to find them.

I've been on the lookout. Fairness demands it. So does my own desire to ...Read more

"If all mankind minus one were of one opinion,

and only one person were of the contrary opinion,

Mankind would be no more justified

In silencing that one person,

Than he, if he had the power,

Would be justified in silencing mankind."

-- John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)

The world is filled with self-evident truths -- truisms -- that ...Read more

The evidence has been conclusive from time immemorial.

Economic systems flourish with private incentives that gratify the innate craving for material acquisitions. Adam Smith called it an "invisible hand" in his landmark "Wealth of Nations," gospel for the nation's founders. Merchants or professionals can become rich only by satisfying the ...Read more

The Department of Government Efficiency draws two extreme reactions from budget-focused observers.

On one side, you have cynics rolling their eyes and arguing that the truly consequential problem is not overpriced government boondoggles but rather entitlements like Medicare and Social Security and interest on the national debt.

On the other,...Read more

At this writing, legacy and social media are filled with stories about President Donald Trump's phenomenally successful address before Congress Tuesday night, and congressional Democrats' pathetic and embarrassing display. In addition to Rep. Al Green's antics and the little protest paddles Democrat senators and representatives waved, they ...Read more

During his remarkable March 4 address to Congress, President Donald Trump said this about his efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine War: "If you want to end wars, you have to talk to both sides."

That's the truth for would-be peacemakers in any era. For what it's worth, a 2002 peacemaking handbook sponsored by the Anglican Church of Kenya said as...Read more

This week, I had the opportunity to attend President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress as a guest of Speaker of the House Mike Johnson. The energy in the room was palpable ... at least on the Republican side. But while Republicans celebrated their 2024 election victory and cheered Trump's list of accomplishments, Democrats ...Read more

Jeff Bezos is shaking things up at The Washington Post.

The Post has always been part of the big-government, left-wing establishment part of our country.

Bezos wants to change that.

He wrote to the newspaper's staff that editorial policy is going to change.

"We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: ...Read more

Get ready to be bombarded with ghoulish paid ads and Democratic politicians warning about grandmothers dying, children denied needed cancer treatments, and pregnant women suffering. The demagoguery is in full swing against Republicans' efforts to control federal spending on Medicaid and stabilize the nation's debt.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul ...Read more

America needs more rules to protect workers, say some from both parties. Sen. Josh Hawley wants more rules empowering unions. Barack Obama's Labor Secretary says there's "no fairness, no equity, no concern for safety, no concern for children, even!"

European countries, they say, have more laws protecting workers, and so "Europe is better."

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After the United States declared its independence from Great Britain in 1776, this nation sent diplomats to France -- seeking an alliance with a country then led by King Louis XVI.

One of these diplomats was Benjamin Franklin.

In 1778, France signed a treaty of alliance with the United States and Franklin would later write a letter to ...Read more

The national media pay for national polls to measure public opinion. But often, they aren't just measuring public opinion. Their selection of polling questions carries an agenda, and tests how the liberal media arguments are faring in all 50 states. Their questions change depending on which party's president is in the White House.

There are ...Read more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania -- Central Pennsylvania state Sen. Greg Rothman, the newly elected state Republican Party chairman, will face his first big challenge this year with the control of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on the ballot.

Rothman, who won the party chairmanship with overwhelming support in a 248-120 vote last month, will look to ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- It's too bad the Academy Awards are over with. President Donald Trump would be a shoo-in for what could well be the performance of a lifetime.

If Trump isn't really a compromised Russian asset who puts Moscow's interests ahead of those of the United States, he sure plays that role phenomenally well.

The Trump administration has ...Read more

Lasting political change doesn't come from winning elections but reshaping institutions.

On Feb. 26, Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and owner of The Washington Post, issued a stunning announcement.

"I'm writing to let you know about a change coming to our opinion pages," he wrote on X. "We are going to be writing every day in support and ...Read more