As crime ravages America’s cities, the moment demands a bold, standardized and reliable solution. President Donald Trump is delivering exactly that with a blueprint for national safety through the deployment of over 800 National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., to save our capital from chaos driven by crime. Backed by …
Read More »Why selling baby parts should shock no one
“…if we come to see ourselves as meat, then meat we shall become.” —Leon Kass, M.D., “Toward a More Natural Science” What is most shocking about an undercovervideoof a conversation between Deborah Nucatola, a Planned Parenthood executive, and two anti-abortion activists from the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) posing as …
Read More »JONATHAN TURLEY: Grand jury finds indictment of ex-DOJ employee tough to swallow. Can justice be served?
In 1985, Sol Wachtler, the chief justice of New York’s Supreme Court, famously said, “Any good prosecutor can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich.” Perhaps—but indicting someone for throwing a ham sandwich may be tougher than it appears. A grand jury has reportedly refused to indict 37-year-old …
Read More »Thatcher at 100: Lessons in civility, strength and enduring alliances
Monday marksthe100th anniversary of Margaret Thatcher’s birth – an occasion that brings together leadersandsupporters from acrosstheAtlantic to pay tribute to her life. We attheRonaldReaganPresidentialFoundation&Instituteare honored to participate inthecelebration, an occasion that also invites us to reflect on her legacyandconnection withRonaldReaganinthecontext of our modern era. Namely, what made her partnership with …
Read More »This agency targets individual Americans and small businesses — it must be reformed
As someone whose life’s work is helping small businesses navigate our nation’s complex tax system, I have witnessed firsthand how the Internal Revenue Service has become an outsized force that too often targets those least equipped to fight back. While the agency has long maintained that its enforcement efforts are …
Read More »DR. MARC SIEGEL: From Horror to Hope: What Gaza's freed hostages teach a weary world
Any person who can survive captivity under extreme conditions is a hero in anyone’s book. Yes, there are variations in the degree of starvation, torture, mental anguish and deprivation; the degree of exposure to respiratory and gastrointestinal infections; not to mention the compounded torment for those who have been injured, …
Read More »Housing costs are crushing families – here’s the way out
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recentlydeclaredthat President Donald Trump’s administration is considering declaring an emergency situation forhousing.He pointedouttheweakest summer home sales in a decade, withmore than 15%of transactions falling through in July,thehighest cancellation rate since record-keeping commencedin 2017. Prices, though below pandemic levels,arestill too lofty for working- and middle-class Americans. Bessent …
Read More »MORNING GLORY: Two years later, the world still fails to grasp Israel's 10/7 horror
On this, the second anniversary of the massacre in Israel following the invasionfrom Gaza by Hamas and other terrorists, all commentaries about that day of horrors, should begin by recalling the specifics of that attack — its immediate toll, the brutality of the mayhem and the extraordinary cruelty of killers …
Read More »China's malign influence touches every aspect of US life. We all need to help stop them
In September, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) held a military parade celebrating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. During the ceremonies, Chairman Xi Jinping unveiled his vision for the next chapter of history. Dressed in homage to Mao Zedong — father of the CCP — he …
Read More »SEN SANDERS: AI must benefit everyone, not just a handful of billionaires
Everybody agrees that artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics are going to have a transformative impact on our country and the world. There are strong disagreements, however, as to what those impacts will be — who will benefit from them and who will be hurt. One thingisfor sure. This is an …
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