As woke illiberalism replaced live-and-let-live liberalism as the animating ideology of the American Left, the state of Israel has increasingly found itself on the outs. Never mind that modern Israel was founded by, and for three decades politically dominated by,…
A pernicious political crisis was ignited in Romania by the Biden administration in early December when Secretary of State Antony Blinken insisted “large-scale and well-funded” Russian interference was to blame for the unexpected victory of a distinctly Trump-like presidential candidate,…
WASHINGTON — “Decency. Decency. Decency,” President Joe Biden responded when a reporter asked him about late President Jimmy Carter’s legacy Sunday hours after the former president passed away. It was a self-serving summation on Biden’s part, as the barely-there chief…
Having spent much of my government career in the nuclear weapons community, I’ve watched with fascination as Donald Trump has called for the development and deployment of what he refers to as an “Iron Dome” missile defense shield to protect…
In an era where digital interaction often eclipses physical connection, the conservative movement must champion not just the preservation of traditional values, but also the protection of our most vulnerable: our children. The pervasive influence of social media on the…
“Orbán should have been born in a big country like Germany,” a Hungarian acquaintance once told me, in typical East European fashion. “His genius is wasted in Hungary.” An optimistic observer might retort that everyone has an opinion on Hungary…
The fall of the Assad regime in Syria is a fatal blow to Iran’s position in the Middle East and could disrupt Russia’s power projection in the Mediterranean and Africa. But the extent to which this rolls back the Moscow–Tehran…
As Romania’s presidential candidate who is most Trump-like in his message, Călin Georgescu surged toward victory against a leftwing female opponent (sometimes called “Kamala”) in the election’s Dec. 8 final vote, the U.S. State Department issued a threatening warning about…
If the 2024 electoral outcome demonstrates anything enduring, it is this: So much for classical liberalism being on the “wrong side of history.” The American progressive movement has for decades averred that anyone opposed to their designs for remaking American…
