14+ hour, 10+ min ago  (876+ words) That matters for world order. But as important as foreign policy victories may be, nothing America faces externally is more important than protecting the integrity of our own elections. And voters in the deepest blue state in the country are…...

1+ day, 54+ min ago  (596+ words) History doesn't always repeat itself, or even rhyme. People sometimes learn from experience, their own or others'. Example: Woodrow Wilson, a stubborn Southerner, refused to involve any Republicans, all Northerners in those days, in treaty negotiations after World War I. His…...

1+ day, 54+ min ago  (186+ words) Donald Trump is, on this metric, a great man of history. Trump has met the moment and risen to the occasion in numerous foreign theaters besides China and the broader Indo-Pacific as well. He saw decades of American malaise, managed…...

1+ day, 54+ min ago  (883+ words) Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's recent landslide victory wasn't merely a domestic triumph for Japan; it was a resounding win for U.S. national security interests, particularly in the Indo-Pacific. President Trump has often been painted as skeptical of alliances, yet Japan stands…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (429+ words) Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman famously said, "War is hell." There's no doubt it is. It's killing on a grand scale, after all, but we've tried many times to tame it just a bit with rules and laws. The laws of…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (1346+ words) Let's get real about what this latest iteration of the until-now endless Iran War is all about. There's no imminent threat. That assertion is a pacifier to the weak-kneed and timid. Last June, we set the mullahs back years in…...

2+ day, 54+ min ago  (520+ words) America's healthcare system consistently ranks as the most expensive in the developed world. It's not, as some politicians claim, expensive because markets have failed. It's expensive because the market has been repeatedly blocked from succeeding. Until we're honest about that,…...

2+ day, 54+ min ago  (845+ words) The primary elections on Tuesday went pretty much as expected " the white guy in Texas that the Democrat establishment favored beat the black lady, whom rich white liberals were convinced other non-rich white liberals wouldn't vote for. But that doesn't…...

2+ day, 54+ min ago  (685+ words) These are no longer theoretical debates confined to policy forums. The conflict is widening. American servicemen have now been lost. Regional nations are absorbing casualties. Retaliation cycles are accelerating. What once appeared contained now carries the unmistakable risk of broader…...

2+ day, 54+ min ago  (597+ words) Recent joint operations targeting Iranian military infrastructure have fueled a months-long debate inside the Republican Party about U.S. support for Israel. For decades, bipartisan consensus treated Israel as a central American ally in the Middle East. That consensus is now weakening…...